Cornutt v. State Ex Rel. Alexander’s Empirical Analysis
1932
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
November 1958
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Potter v. United States · Felton v. United States · State v. Preston · State v. Alcorn · Brackenridge v. State
Most-quoted passages
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““By ‘official misconduct,’ as used herein with reference to county officers, is meant any unlawful behavior in relation to the duties of his office, wilful in its character, of any officer intrusted in any manner with the administration of justice, or the execution of the law; and includes any wilful or corrupt failure, refusal or neglect of an officer to perform any duty enjoined on him by law. (Emphasis ours.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage““It is not every intentional act that is a willful or wanton act. When used in a penal statute, the word ‘willful’ means more than it does in common parlance. It means with evil intent, or legal malice, or without reasonable ground for believing the act to be lawful.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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