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Post by Sue on May 30, 2020 14:04:43 GMT -5
The baby's sleeping suit was valued at less than $20.
Hauptmann was convicted of murder while committing a felony, but his lawyers tried to argue that he could not legally be executed because the sleeping suit was worth less than 20 dollars.
Under New Jersey law, if the object that was stolen was worth less than $20, it was considered a misdemeanor, and not a felony.
The New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals obviously did not accept the argument, and Hauptmann's conviction was upheld.
However, in June 1935, Hauptmann was placing his hopes upon that sleeping suit.
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Post by hurtelable on May 31, 2020 16:43:53 GMT -5
The baby's sleeping suit was valued at less than $20. Hauptmann was convicted of murder while committing a felony, but his lawyers tried to argue that he could not legally be executed because the sleeping suit was worth less than 20 dollars. Under New Jersey law, if the object that was stolen was worth less than $20, it was considered a misdemeanor, and not a felony. The New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals obviously did not accept the argument, and Hauptmann's conviction was upheld. However, in June 1935, Hauptmann was placing his hopes upon that sleeping sui Aside from the issue of the value of the sleeping suit, the prosecution had at least one other card to play on appeal: there was an underlying burglary (according to the Wilentz theory), which IS a felony, and the death of Charlie was a direct result of it.
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Post by Sue on May 31, 2020 19:16:57 GMT -5
Yes.
The crime fell under the Death Law.
Too bad for Hauptmann.
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Post by Wayne on Jun 1, 2020 22:15:11 GMT -5
Yes. The crime fell under the Death Law. Too bad for Hauptmann. Sue, What would have happened if Charlie had been sleeping without any clothes? Wonder what the trumped-up charges against BRH would have been then?
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