Legal Opinion
Goldsby v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided March 28, 1955No. 39739PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLee, J.
Bobert Lee Goldsby was indicted in the Circuit Court of the Second Judicial District of Carroll County for the murder of Mrs. Moselle McCorkle Nelms. The jury found him guilty as charged, and the court sentenced him to death by electrocution. From the judgment entered, he appealed.
The killing occurred on September 4, 1954. At a subsequent habeas corpus trial Goldsby was represented by counsel of his own choosing. The indictment was returned on November 8, 1954, at which time he was represented by other counsel of his own choice, George N. Leighton of Chicago, Illinois, who was present at the…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Fugate v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1904
- Wheeler v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1953
- Bone v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1949
- Wexler v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1932
- Cummins v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1926
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3Cited by32 opinions
- United States of America Ex Rel. Robert Lee Goldsby v. William Harpole, Superintendent of the Mississippi State Penitentiary, Parchman, MississippiCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1959
- Sanders v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1983
- Smith v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1983
- Windham v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1992
- Matthew Winters v. Thomas D. Cook, Superintendent of the Mississippi State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
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