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Griffith v. Connecticut

218 U.S. 572 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1910-12-12 Docket No. 515 English

Delivered by White J.

Contents

Majority — White J.

p. 572
GRIFFITH, alias GRIFFIN v. STATE OF CONNECTICUT.

Syllabus

ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF ERRORS OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT.
No. 515.
Motion to dismiss or affirm.
Submitted November 28, 1910.
Decided December 12, 1910.
Decided on authority of Griffith v. Connecticut, ante, p. 563.
The facts are stated in the opinion.
Mr. I. Henry Harris for plaintiff in error.
Mr. Hugh, M. Alcorn for defendant in error.

delivered the opinion of the court.

The parties to this record are the stale as in. No. 514, just decided, ante, p. 563, and the questions involved are the same, the prosecution being for similar offenses against the Connecticut act of 1907. Both cases were tried together. Upon the conviction in this, however, the trial court imposed the penalty of imprisonment. The two cases were disposed of by the Supreme Court of Errors in one opinion. As the decision in No. 514 is necessarily controlling, it follows that the judgment -of the Supreme Court of Errors of Connecticut must be and it is

Affirmed.