State v. Adams
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Motion in the original jurisdiction of this Court by R. A. Adams in case of State v. himself to have the Court declare void its judgment in this case in which it reversed the Circuit judgment granting him a hew trial.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Woods.
The petitioner, R. A. Adams, was convicted of murder and sentenced to death at the March, 1903, term of the Court of General Sessions for Colleton county. On appeal to this Court, the judgment of the Circuit Court was affirmed and the cause was remanded to the Circuit Court, for the purpose of having a new day assigned for the execution of the sentence. 68 S. C., 421, 47 S. E., 676. Afterward, when the cause was called at the March, 1905, term of the Court of General Sessions, the solicitor moved for the re-sentence of the defendant,…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Lawrence v. NelsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
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- Secrist v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1866
- State v. TurnerSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1893
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