State v. Key
Citations
- 93 Miss. 115
- 46 So. 75
Syllabus
<p>~L Criminal Law and Procedure. Appeal of staié. Attorney-general. Power and prerogative of.</p> <p>The attorney general may prosecute an appeal for the state in cases wherein it has the right to appeal.</p> <p>2. Same. Code 1906, § 40.</p> <p>Code 1906, § 40, giving the state the right to appeal from designated adverse judgments in criminal cases, does not authorize an appeal from a judgment granting hail to a defendant in a murder case.</p> <p>3. Same. Bail in murder cases. Limitations on.</p> <p>Bail should not he granted after indictment in murder case, unless peculiar circumstances render it proper. Bill v. State, 64 Miss.', 431; 1 South., 494, approved.</p>
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- holding that the State had no right to appeal from and order granting acquittal notwithstanding the verdict.
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8 cases in this archive cite this case.
- State Ex Rel. Patterson v. WarrenMississippi Supreme Court· 1965-11-22· cited 18×
- State v. HicksMississippi Supreme Court· 2002-01-31· cited 10×
- State v. GordonMississippi Supreme Court· 1913-03-15· cited 9×
- Ex parte WilletteMississippi Supreme Court· 1953-02-23· cited 5×
- State v. ParksMississippi Supreme Court· 1982-06-09· cited 4×
- State v. LeeMississippi Supreme Court· 1992-06-10· cited 4×
- State of Mississippi v. Anthony HicksMississippi Supreme Court· 1999-09-03
- State v. WhiteCourt of Appeals of Mississippi· 2005-05-17
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