Legal Opinion
Moorer v. State of South Carolina
District Court, E.D. South Carolina
Decided March 12, 1965No. Civ. A. No. AC-1583PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HEMPHILL, Chief Judge.
Petitioner Louis Moorer applied to this Court for a Stay of Execution and for a Writ of Habeas Corpus, he at the time awaiting death by electrocution pursuant to sentence imposed upon him by the Court of General Sessions for Dorchester County, South Carolina, on April 4,1962.1 The requested Stay of Execution was granted in accordance with Title 28 U.S.C. § 2251 and a hearing scheduled and had on the application for the Great Writ.
Several of the allegations in the petition for writ of habeas corpus have been raised during various stages of the proceedings against…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- State v. MoorerSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1963
- Threatt v. State of North CarolinaDistrict Court, W.D. North Carolina · 1963
- Williams v. State of South CarolinaDistrict Court, E.D. South Carolina · 1965
- Moorer v. THE STATE OF SCSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1964
3Cited by4 opinions
- Farrant v. BennettDistrict Court, S.D. Iowa · 1966
- Moorer v. State of South CarolinaDistrict Court, E.D. South Carolina · 1965
- In RE SCRUGGS v. RhayWashington Supreme Court · 1967
- In RE SCRUGGS v. RhayWashington Supreme Court · 1967