Code § 1159 ("The jury, or the judge if a jury trial is waived, may find the defendant guilty of any offense, the commission of which is necessarily included in that with which he is charged, or I of an attempt to commit the offense"); Fla. The Pacific Reporter - Page 3091912Full view - About this book
| Missouri. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1922 - 862 pages
...or court trying the case may find the defendant not guilty of the offense as charged, and find him guilty of any offense, the -commission of which is necessarily included in that charged against him." Several authorities are cited by defendant in support of above contention.... | |
| Panama Canal (Panama) - Law - 1922 - 336 pages
...true," or "The charge of previous conviction is not true." SEC. 207. The court may find the defendant guilty of any offense, the commission of which is necessarily included in that with which he is charged, or of an attempt to commit the offense.2'1 SEC. 208. On an information... | |
| California, James Manford Kerr - Criminal law - 1923 - 680 pages
...666. 8 1159. JURY MAY CONVICT OF A LESSER OFFENSE OR OF AN ATTEMPT. The jury may find the defendant guilty of any offense, the commission of which is necessarily included in that with which he is charged, or of an attempt to commit the offense. Enacted February 14, 1872, re-enactment... | |
| Rollin Morris Perkins - Criminal procedure - 1923 - 594 pages
...offense, if punishable by indictment" (5406, CC 9490). "In all other cases, the defendant may be found guilty of any offense the commission of which is necessarily included in that with which he is charged in the indictment" (5407, CC 9491). "On an indictment against several,... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1922 - 1096 pages
...1035, Rev. Stats. (Comp. St. § 1701), provides: "In all criminal causes the defendant may he found guilty of any offense the commission of which is necessarily included in that with which he Is charged in the indictment." In 22 Cyc. 468, it is said that a conviction cannot... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1891 - 964 pages
...the laws of Oregon. Congress has provided that — "In all criminal causes the defendant may be found guilty of any offense, the commission of which is necessarily included in that with which 1m is charged in the indictment, or may be found guilty of an attempt to commit the... | |
| Law - 1891 - 580 pages
...§ 1655, providing that the jury or court may find defendant not guilty of the offense charged, but guilty of any offense the commission of which is necessarily included in that charged, a conviction may be had for an attempt to commit a crime under an indictment for the... | |
| Electronic journals - 1927 - 574 pages
...when an indictment charges a crime, the jury may discharge the accused of such offense and find him guilty of any offense, the commission of which is necessarily included in that with which he is charged. Smith v. State (1904) 142 Ala. 14, 39 So. 329; People v. Muhlner (1896)... | |
| United States - Law - 1928 - 618 pages
...673. Conviction of lesser included offense (article 79) An accused may be found guilty of an offense necessarily included in the offense charged or of an attempt to commit either the offense charged or of an offense necessarily included therein. May 5, 1950, c. 169, § 1,... | |
| James Love Hopkins - Criminal law - 1927 - 1468 pages
...Section 565. Verdicts; less offense than charged. In all criminal causes the defendant may be found guilty of any offense the commission of which is necessarily included in that with which he is charged in the indictment, or may be found guilty of an attempt to commit the... | |
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