Legal Opinion
State v. Corn
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided September 10, 1953No. 16778PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Taylor, Justice.
This appeal arises out of appellant’s motion for a new trial on after discovered evidence which was refused.
The appellant, Nathan T. Corn, was first tried and convicted on December 6, 1948, of the crime of murdering George C. Beam, Jr., and sentenced to die in the electric chair. He successfully appealed to this Court and because of certain errors was granted a new trial. 215 S. C. 166, 54 S. E. (2d) 559. In November, 1949, he was again put on trial which resulted in a verdict of “guilty with recommendation to mercy” and was sentenced to imprisonment in the South Carolina…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Dowdell v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Commonwealth v. SlavskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1923
- Felts v. MurphySupreme Court of the United States · 1906
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3Cited by8 opinions
- State v. MayfieldSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1959
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- State v. PorterSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1977
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- State v. MorrisonSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1965
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