Legal Opinion
Moorer v. State
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided March 30, 1964No. 18190PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Taylor, Chief Justice.
Appellant appeals from a denial of his writ of habeas corpus by the Honorable John Grimball, Judge of the Fifth Judicial Circuit.
On April 4, 1962, Louis Moorer, a Negro, was convicted of the offense of rape in the Court of General Sessions for Dorchester County and sentenced to death as provided by the laws of the State of South. Caro,lina. The conviction and sentence were affirmed by this Court on January 21, 1963. State v. Moorer, 241 S. C. 487, 129 S. E. (2d) 330. Appellant served notice of intention to petition the Supreme Court of the United States for a writ of…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Brown v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Hamilton v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- White v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Norris v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Cassell v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
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3Cited by12 opinions
- State v. JohnsonOhio Supreme Court · 1972
- State v. HymanSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1981
- State v. BlackCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 1995
- Louis Moorer v. State of South Carolina and Ellis C. MacDougall Director, South Carolina State Board of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1965
- Bostick v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1965
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