Legal Opinion
Solesbee v. Balkcom
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided March 14, 1949No. 16537PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Duckworth, Chief Justice.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) The prisoner is shown by the petition to be under a sentence of death after conviction of murder, although the original date for electrocution was postponed by a respite granted by the Governor of the State. The life of the prisoner is by the conviction and sentence absolutely forfeited, and if execution takes place it will be in virtue of the original sentence. Baughn v. State, 100 Ga. 654, 559 (28 S. E. 68, 38 L. R. A. 577); Mallory v. Chapman, 158 Ga. 228, 231 (122 S. E. 884); Gore v. Humphries, 163 Ga. 106, 111 (135 S. E. 481);…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Nobles v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Schlesinger v. City of AtlantaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1925
- Fowler v. GrimesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1944
- McKown v. City of AtlantaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1937
- Baughn v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1897
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Solesbee v. BalkcomSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- McCorquodale v. StynchcombeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1977
- Solesbee v. BALKCOM, WARDENSupreme Court of Georgia · 1950
- State v. MillerSupreme Court of Kansas · 1950
- McLendon v. BalkcomSupreme Court of Georgia · 1950
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