Legal Opinion

Nobles v. Georgia

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided November 29, 1897No. 376PublishedCited by 98 opinions

EEEOE TO THE SUPEEME COUET OE' THE STATE OE GEOEGIA. The case is stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice White

In July, 1895, Elizabeth Nobles was tried in the Superior Court of Twiggs County, Georgia, upon an indictment for murder, and was found guilty and sentenced to death. The bill of exceptions in the record now before us recites'that “ the said sentence of death having been regularly and legally suspended and superseded by the order of the court the case came on again to be heard before the court on the 23d day of June,” the object of the hearing being, as stated, “ for the purpose of passing sentence of death by the court upon the said Elizabeth Nobles in said stated case; ” that is to say, in…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Egan v. HartSupreme Court of the United States · 1897

3Cited by98 opinions

  1. Ford v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Solesbee v. BalkcomSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
  3. James Edward Hall v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1969
  4. Commonwealth v. IacobinoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1935
  5. Tarter v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1961

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