Legal Opinion
Carruthers v. Reed
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 25, 1939No. 11210PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOODROUGH, Circuit Judge.
The appellants, Jim X. Carruthers and Bubbles Clayton, are negroes who were convicted in the Circuit Court for the Chic-kasawba District of Mississippi County, Arkansas, of the crime of rape and sentenced to be executed. They appealed from the sentence to the Supreme Court of Arkansas and that court considered all, questions presented, reviewed the evidence and found it substantial and sufficient and affirmed the judgment. Clayton v. State, 191 Ark. 1070, 89 S.W.2d 732. On petition for rehearing the Supreme Court handed down a further opinion in which it reiterated…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- Strauder v. West VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Frank v. MangumSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- Moore v. DempseySupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Neal v. DelawareSupreme Court of the United States · 1881
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3Cited by48 opinions
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- Phil Whitus and Leon Davis v. R. P. Balkcom, Jr., Warden, State Penitentiary, Reidsville, GeorgiaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1964
- United States v. RosenbergCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1952
- United States v. Earle T. CookCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1970
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