Bonahan v. State of Nebraska

Decision Date17 October 1887
Citation8 S.Ct. 1390,125 U.S. 692,31 L.Ed. 854
PartiesBONAHAN v. STATE OF NEBRASKA
CourtU.S. Supreme Court

Charles O. Wheedon and C. E. Magoon, for plaintiff in error.

William Leese, for defendant in error.

WAITE, C. J.

It appearing that during the pendency of this writ the plaintiff in error has escaped, and is not now within the control of the court below, either actually, by being in custody, or constructively, by being out on bail, it is ordered that the submission of the cause be set aside, and that unless the plaintiff in error is brought or comes within the jurisdiction and under the control of the court below on or before the last day of this term the cause be thereafter left off the docket until directions to the contrary. Smith v. U. S., 94 U. S. 97.

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    • United States
    • U.S. Court of Appeals — Second Circuit
    • 11 Julio 1984
    ...1257(2), we conclude, in light of the Smith [v. United States, 40 to 97, 94 U.S. 97, 24 L.Ed. 32 (1876) ] and Bonahan [v. Nebraska, 125 U.S. 692, 8 S.Ct. 1390, 31 L.Ed. 854 (1887) ] decisions, that the Court has the authority to dismiss the appeal on this Id. at 366, 90 S.Ct. at 498-99; see......
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    • Maryland Court of Appeals
    • 17 Octubre 1990
    ...limbo until further order. See Eisler v. United States, 338 U.S. 189, 69 S.Ct. 1453, 93 L.Ed. 1897 (1949); Bonahan v. Nebraska, 125 U.S. 692, 8 S.Ct. 1390, 31 L.Ed. 854 (1887); Smith v. United States, 94 U.S. 97, 24 L.Ed. 32 (1876). Now the Court dismisses cases involving fugitive parties. ......
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    • United States
    • U.S. Supreme Court
    • 16 Diciembre 1957
    ...v. State, 18 Neb. 57, 58—77, 24 N.W. 390, submission of cause set aside because of escape of plaintiff in error, Bonahan v. State, 125 U.S. 692, 8 S.Ct. 1390, 31 L.Ed. 854; Macomber v. State, 137 Neb. 882, 896, 291 N.W. 674. Nevada.—In re Somers, 31 Nev. 531, 532—539, 103 P. 1073, 24 L.R.A.......
  • Dorrough v. Estelle
    • United States
    • U.S. Court of Appeals — Fifth Circuit
    • 29 Julio 1974
    ...the control of the court below. See Molinaro v. New Jersey, 1970, 396 U.S. 365, 90 S.Ct. 498, 24 L.Ed.2d 586; Bonahan v. Nebraska, 1887, 125 U.S. 692, 8 S.Ct. 1390, 31 L. Ed. 854; Smith v. United States, 1876, 94 U.S. (4 Otto) 97, 24 L.Ed. 32. Nor do we find fault with the Texas statute for......
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  • A Constitutional Right to an Appeal: Guarding Against Unacceptable Risks of Erroneous Conviction
    • United States
    • Seattle University School of Law Seattle University Law Review No. 8-02, December 1984
    • Invalid date
    ...at 190. 117. Id. 118. Id. at 192-93 (Frankfurter, J., dissenting). 119. Id. at 192. 120. Id. at 193 (distinguishing Bonahan v. Nebraska, 125 U.S. 692 (1887); Smith v. United States, 94 U.S. 97 121. Eisler, 338 U.S. at 194 (Murphy, J., dissenting). 122. Id. 123. Id. 124. Id. at 196 (Jackson,......
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    • Seattle University School of Law Seattle University Law Review No. 36-01, September 2012
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    ...filing the appeal, unless he or she submits to the court's jurisdiction within a specified period of time); see also Bonahan v. Nebraska, 125 U.S. 692 (1887). 3. Ortega-Rodriguez, 507 U.S. at 240-42. 4. Estelle v. Dorrough, 420 U.S. 534, 541-42 (1975) (upholding a Texas disentitlement statu......
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    • Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology Vol. 87 No. 3, March 1997
    • 22 Marzo 1997
    ...Rule Applied to Pre-Appeal Fugitivity, 84 J. Crim. L. & Criminology 1086, 1087 (1994). (25) Smith, 94 U.S. at 97. (26) Id. (27) 125 U.S. 692 (28) Id. (29) Id. (30) 166 U.S. 138 (1897). (31) See id. at 140. (32) See id. at 141 (rejecting defendant's contention that dismissal constituted ......

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