Legal Opinion
Moore v. Henslee
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 29, 1960No. Nos. 16433, 16434PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Per curiam
James M. Moore, Rogers Boone, James Albert Boyd and Willie H. Byrd, all Negroes, were jointly charged in an information filed by the Prosecuting Attorney within and for the Eighth Judicial Circuit of the State of Arkansas, of which Miller County is a part, with murdering M. R. Hamm, an aged white man, on May 9, 1956. They were first tried together in the summer of 1956, in the Circuit Court of Miller County, Arkansas, the situs of the crime, found guilty by a jury of first degree murder, and in due time were sentenced to death. This judgment was reversed by the Supreme Court of Arkansas.…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Hurtado v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Strauder v. West VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Blackburn v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Darr v. BurfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Brown v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Carter v. Jury Comm'n of Greene Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- William L. Maxwell v. Dan D. Stephens, Superintendent of Arkansas State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1965
- Luther Bailey v. Lee Henslee, Superintendent of the Arkansas State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1961
- Albert Charles Wessling v. John E. Bennett, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1969
- State of Arkansas v. HowardDistrict Court, E.D. Arkansas · 1963
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