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SOLESBEE v. BALKCOM

No. 77.

339 U.S. 9 (1950)

SOLESBEE v. BALKCOM, WARDEN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 20, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin E. Pierce argued the cause and filed a brief for appellant.

Eugene Cook, Attorney General of Georgia, submitted on brief for appellee. With him on the brief were Claude Shaw, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, and J. R. Parham, Assistant Attorney General.

MR. JUSTICE BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court.

Petitioner was convicted of murder in a Georgia state court. His sentence was death by electrocution. Subsequently he asked the Governor to postpone execution on the ground that after conviction and sentence he had become insane. Acting under authority granted by § 27-2602 of the Georgia Code1 the Governor appointed three physicians who...

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