Legal Opinion
State v. Gamble
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided July 5, 1967No. 18670PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Brailsford, Justice.
During the early evening of October 15, 1963, Robert Wayne Gamble broke and entered a dwelling occupied by an elderly widow and her mentally defective sister in a rural section of Marion County. He held the two women captive until the next morning. During the night he brutally beat the sister and raped the widow a number of times. At his trial the evidence of his guilt was overwhelming. He was convicted of rape without recommendation to mercy and sentenced to death by electrocution, as required by Section 16-72, Code of 1962. “Any person convicted of rape * * * shall…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- State v. KimbroughSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1948
- Sims v. BalkcomSupreme Court of Georgia · 1964
- Massey v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1966
- Siros v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1966
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3Cited by18 opinions
- State v. PaceNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1969
- State v. CroweSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1972
- State v. AtkinsonSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1970
- Williams v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1967
- Fogg v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1968
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