Bussell v. McClellan

How courts have described this case

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

• “[T]here is no foundation in this country for the distinction . . . between fel- onies and misdemeanors; for here, an indictment for the higher of- fense rather adds to than subtracts from his privileges.”
• “That a jury may find a verdict of guilty for part, and acquit for the residue; that where an accusation for a crime of a higher nature includes an offense of a lower degree, the jury may acquit him for the graver offense, and return him guilty of the least atrocious.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).