Legal Opinion
Wilcoxon v. Aldredge
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided July 9, 1941No. 13703PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Reid, Chief Justice.
Lewis Wilcoxon, colored, was convicted of rape. There was no recommendation of mercy, and in accordance-with the Code, § 26-1302, he was given the penalty of death. The-sentence provided that until the time for his execution he be confined in the common jail of Fulton County. Pending his incar deration there he presented to the judge of the superior court of that county a petition for habeas corpus. On the return day of the writ the sheriff produced the applicant before the judge. One of the attorneys representing the applicant moved for a continuance because of illness of…
2Cases cited45 opinions
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- Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Strauder v. West VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Frank v. MangumSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- Ex Parte VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
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3Cited by38 opinions
- Williams v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Ernest Whippler v. R. P. Balkcom, Jr., Warden, Georgia, State Prison, Reidsville, Tattnall County, GeorgiaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965
- Ex Rel. Preston Cobb, Jr. v. R. P. Balkcom, Jr., WardenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1964
- Cobb v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1962
- Cornelious v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1941
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