Legal Opinion
Goldsby v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided October 3, 1960No. 41547PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtEthridge, J.
Appellant, Robert Lee Goldsby, was indicted for murder in the Circuit Court of the Second Judicial District of Carroll County, Mississippi. His motion for a change of venue was sustained, and he was tried in the Circuit Court, First Judicial District of Hinds County, in December 1959, was convicted and sentenced to death. This case has a long and litigious history, and a summary of that background is necessary for an adequate understanding and analysis of the issues presented on this appeal.
On September 4, 1954, Mrs. Moselle McCorkle Nelms was killed by a gunshot wound received in the Second…
2Cases cited46 opinions
- Mahler v. EbySupreme Court of the United States · 1924
- Dowd v. United States Ex Rel. CookSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- United States of America Ex Rel. Robert Lee Goldsby v. William Harpole, Superintendent of the Mississippi State Penitentiary, Parchman, MississippiCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1959
- Atchison, T. & S. F. Ry. Co. v. Railroad Commission of State of California Los Angeles & S. L. R. Co. v. Same. Southern Pac. Co. v. SameSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
- People v. GallowayIllinois Supreme Court · 1956
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3Cited by27 opinions
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- State v. AtkinsWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1979
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- Fondren, Alias Taylor v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1965
- Marvin Kirk v. State of MississippiMississippi Supreme Court · 2015
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