Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
State v. Millmeier 102 Iowa 692 1897 1 Iowa
Gantling v. State 41 Fla. 587 1899 1 Florida
Carl v. State 125 Ala. 89 1899 1 Alabama
Wilkinson v. State 77 Miss. 705 1900 1 Mississippi
Gay v. State 42 Tex. Crim. 450 1901 1 Texas
Knapp v. State 4 Ohio C.C. (n.s.) 184 1904 1 Ohio
Knapp v. State 15 Ohio C.C. Dec. 571 1904 1 Ohio
State v. Knapp 70 Ohio St. 380 1904 1 Ohio
State v. Knowles 185 Mo. 141 1904 1 Missouri
State v. Williams 46 Or. 287 1905 1 Oregon
Haywood v. State 90 Miss. 461 1907 1 Mississippi
State v. Gebbia 121 La. 1083 1908 1 Louisiana
State v. Wooley 215 Mo. 620 1909 1 Missouri
State v. Vance 38 Utah 1 1910 1 Utah
State v. Ayers 86 S.C. 426 1910 1 South Carolina
Simmons v. State 106 Miss. 732 1914 1 Mississippi
Taylor v. State 108 Miss. 18 1914 1 Mississippi
State v. Brown 103 S.C. 437 1916 1 South Carolina
State v. Sogge 36 N.D. 262 1917 1 North Dakota
Rayborn v. State 115 Miss. 730 1917 1 Mississippi