Biddle v. Perovich

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• finding, where defendant sought his release upon the grounds that he had not accepted the commutation of his death sentence to life imprisonment, that “the public welfare, not his consent, determines what shall be done”
• Justice Holmes stating that granting of pardon is done with public welfare in mind coupled with act of mercy
• Justice Holmes stating that granting of pardon is done with public welfare in mind coupled with act of mercy
• “[I]t is the determination of the ultimate authority that the public welfare will be better served by inflicting less than what the judgment fixed.”
• “When granted[, a pardon] is the determination of the ultimate authority that the public welfare will be better served by inflicting less than what the judgment fixed.”
• “imprisonment for life is a less penalty than death”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).