Cowart v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1967
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
April 1983
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Hamilton v. Alabama · White v. State of Maryland · Mason v. State · 27 Wis. 2d 623 - State v. Strickland · Martin v. United States
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“"Cowart, Pro se, has filed a brief claiming error in being arraigned on the same day of his being put to a jury. Grand larceny is no longer a capital offense. There is no statute specifying any time between arraignment and trial except Code 1940, T. 30, § 69, which expressly confines itself to capital cases. "The setting of noncapital cases is regulated by T. 15, §§ 316 and 317, which read: "§ 316. It is the duty of the clerk of the circuit court to set for trial all criminal cases in his court, except capital cases, and cases of parties in custody, for particular days; and no case so set shall be called for trial before such day. "§ 317. No person shall be tried on an indictment presented by the grand jury until at least one entire day after the case had been placed upon the trial docket of the court, except with the consent of the defendant; but this section shall not apply to cases where an indictment has been quashed or demurrer sustained thereto and a new indictment for identical offense is returned on the same day."”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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