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Makley v. State

Supreme Court of Ohio
Sep 26, 1934
192 N.E. 708 (Ohio 1934)

Opinion

No. 24935

Decided September 26, 1934.

Supreme Court — Dismissals — Moot question.

ERROR to the Court of Appeals of Allen county.

Miss Jessie Levy and Mr. Clarence C. Miller, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Ernest M. Botkin, prosecuting attorney, Mr. Joseph H. Flick and Mr. Benjamin S. Motter, for defendant in error.


This cause came on to be heard on September 19, 1934, upon the transcript of the record of the Court of Appeals of Allen county, upon the motion of the defendant in error to dismiss the petition in error filed as of right herein, and was argued by counsel.

Thereafter, on September 25, 1934, the Warden of the Ohio Penitentiary, wherein said plaintiff in error was confined, advised the court that said plaintiff in error died on Monday, September 24, 1934, and the question herein having thus become moot, it is ordered and adjudged by this court that said petition in error be, and the same hereby is, dismissed on authority of Miner v. Witt. 82 Ohio St. 237.

Petition in error dismissed.

WEYGANDT, C.J., STEPHENSON, JONES, MATTHIAS, BEVIS, ZIMMERMAN and WILKIN, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Makley v. State

Supreme Court of Ohio
Sep 26, 1934
192 N.E. 708 (Ohio 1934)
Case details for

Makley v. State

Case Details

Full title:MAKLEY v. THE STATE OF OHIO

Court:Supreme Court of Ohio

Date published: Sep 26, 1934

Citations

192 N.E. 708 (Ohio 1934)
192 N.E. 708

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