GOLDSBY v. STATE

No. 39739.

226 Miss. 1 (1955)

78 So.2d 762

GOLDSBY v. STATE

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 28, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Prewitt, Vicksburg; Rupert Ringold, Winona; Moore, Ming & Leighton, Chicago, Illinois, for appellant.

Wm. E. Cresswell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Barnett, Jones & Montgomery, Jackson, for appellee.


LEE, J.

Robert Lee Goldsby was indicted in the Circuit Court of the Second Judicial District of Carroll County for the murder of Mrs. Moselle McCorkle Nelms. The jury found him guilty as charged, and the court sentenced him to death by electrocution. From the judgment entered, he appealed.

The killing occurred on September 4, 1954. At a subsequent habeas corpus trial Goldsby was represented by counsel of his own choosing. The indictment was returned on November...

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