Legal Opinion
Ex Rel. Preston Cobb, Jr. v. R. P. Balkcom, Jr., Warden
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 3, 1964No. 21085_1PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRIFFIN B. BELL, Circuit Judge:
Appellant Cobb, having been indicted for murder, was tried and convicted without a recommendation of mercy in the Superior Court of Jasper County, Georgia, on August 16, 1961. Consequently, he was sentenced, on the same day, to death by electrocution. Cobb, a Negro, was the sixth of nine children, and lived with his mother on the victim’s farm where both were employed. His father was deceased. He was fifteen years of age at the time of his trial and sentence.
An outstanding member of the Jasper County Bar was appointed by the court to act as his defense counsel…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Strauder v. West VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Reece v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
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3Cited by58 opinions
- Edgar Labat and Clifton Alton Poret v. Robert B. Bennett, Acting Warden, Louisiana State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Cecal Bell v. State of AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Dean Rene Peters v. Jack T. Rutledge, Sheriff and Jailer of Muscogee County, GeorgiaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Matthew Winters v. Thomas D. Cook, Superintendent of the Mississippi State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- James Lee Spencer v. Ralph Kemp, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic & Classification Center, RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1986
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