Legal Opinion
State v. Hester
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided October 4, 1926No. 12077PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice BeEASE.
The defendants, Jerry M. Hester and his two' sons, Charlie and Claude, were indicted and tried in the Court of General Sessions for Greenville County for the crime of murder; it being charged that they killed J. Ed Thackston on the night of December 20, 1924. A verdict of guilty was rendered as to all three of the defendants, and they were thereupon sentenced by his Honor, H. E. Rice, Circuit Judge, to suffer death by electrocution. From the judgment and sentence of the Court imposed upon them, they have appealed to this Court.
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2Cases cited18 opinions
- Mattox v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- White v. BaileyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1909
- State v. BighamSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1926
- State v. DanellySupreme Court of South Carolina · 1921
- O'Hearn v. StateNebraska Supreme Court · 1907
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3Cited by39 opinions
- Douglas v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Olmstead v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1927
- State v. RobinsonSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1961
- State v. SmithSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1956
- State v. SteadmanSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1950
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