State v. White

Citations

• 113 Wash. 416
• 194 P. 390
• 1920 Wash. LEXIS 854

Syllabus

<p>Criminal Law (122) — Evidence—Compelling Accused to Criminate Himsele. Const., art. 1, § 9, providing that no person shall be compelled in a criminal case to give evidence against himself is not violated by permitting physicians to testify as to defendant’s mental condition, after having examined him as to his sanity, there being no objection to the examination.</p> <p>Criminal Law (384-386) — Appeal—Preservation of Grounds. Error cannot be assigned upon evidence as to the sanity of the accused at the time of the trial,- where no objection was made on that ground; nor where defendant pleaded insanity at the time of the trial.</p> <p>Same (326) — Trial—Misconduct of Other Affecting Jurors. Prejudicial error cannot be predicated upon allowing persons to enter the jury room to remove a rug while the jury was in consultation, where no word was said and the jury was assembled to one side.</p>