Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
State v. Baller 26 W. Va. 90 1885 1 West Virginia
State v. Smith 90 Mo. 37 1886 1 Missouri
Nabors v. State 82 Ala. 8 1886 1 Alabama
Johnson v. State 87 Ala. 39 1888 1 Alabama
Gibson v. State 89 Ala. 121 1889 1 Alabama
Martin v. State 89 Ala. 115 1889 1 Alabama
Avant v. State 71 Miss. 78 1893 1 Mississippi
Keesier v. State 154 Ind. 242 1900 1 Indiana
Perry v. State 149 Ala. 40 1907 1 Alabama
State v. Hardin 144 Iowa 264 1909 1 Iowa
State v. Greer 243 Mo. 599 1912 1 Missouri
Gleason v. State 6 Ala. App. 49 1912 1 Alabama
Hill v. State 210 Ala. 221 1923 1 Alabama
Gamble v. State 19 Ala. App. 590 1924 1 Alabama
State v. Korsch 168 Minn. 354 1926 1 Minnesota
People v. Shields 242 A.D. 846 1934 1 New York
People v. Shields 243 A.D. 535 1934 1 New York
State v. Varsalona 309 S.W.2d 636 1958 1 Missouri
Nelson v. State 398 So. 2d 421 1981 1 Alabama
Swetland v. Swetland 3 Mich. 482 1855 1 Michigan