Ligon v. International Railway Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• upholding sentence for sodomy when sentencing judge referred to “ ‘Biblical times’ ” and expressed his opinion about the seriousness of the crime
• “[T]he prosecutor’s closing statement must be evaluated in light- of the defense summation,- which put into issue the complainants’ character and credibility and justified' the People’s response.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).