State v. Kelly

How courts have described this case

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

• \the rule that he [the accused] must be so present in capital felonies is in favorem vitae ... founded in the tenderness and care of the law for human life ...\
• “the rule that he [the accused] must be so present in capital felonies is in favorem vitae . . . founded in the tenderness and care of the law for human life . . .”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Cawthon v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1904-02-12· cited 174×
• Harold S. Cross v. United States
  D.C. Circuit· 1963-11-14· cited 66×
• State v. Hope
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1889-10-15· cited 54×
• Falk v. United States
  D.C. Circuit· 1899-12-05· cited 53×
• Lowman v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1920-06-10· cited 40×
• Sherrod v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1908-10-15· cited 30×
• State ex rel. Gabe v. Main
  Washington Supreme Court· 1911-12-27· cited 13×
• State ex rel. Poul v. McLain
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 1905-02-15· cited 12×
• State v. Jefferson
  Court of Appeals of North Carolina· 2023-04-04