Goldsby v. State, 39739
| Citation | 226 Miss. 1,84 So.2d 528 |
| Decision Date | 16 January 1956 |
| Docket Number | No. 39739,39739 |
| Parties | Robert Lee GOLDSBY v. STATE of Mississippi. |
| Court | United States State Supreme Court of Mississippi |
Appeal from Circuit Court, Carroll County; Henry Lee Rodgers, Judge.
Moore, Ming & Leighton, Chicago, Ill., for appellant.
J. P. Coleman, Atty. Gen., By Wm. E. Cresswell, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.
At the November 1954 term of the Circuit Court of the Second Judicial District of Carroll County, Robert Lee Goldsby was convicted of the crime of murder and was sentenced to suffer the death penalty. An appeal was prosecuted to this Court. On March 28, 1955, the sentence and judgment were affirmed, and Friday, May 13, 1955, was fixed as the date for the execution of the sentence. Miss., 78 So.2d 762. Thereafter an appeal was granted to the Supreme Court of the United States. That Court, at its October 1955 term, 350 U.S. 925, 76 S.Ct. 216, denied the petition of Robert Lee Goldsby for writ of certiorari as shown by a certified copy of the order by that Court now in file in this Court.
The Attorney General of the State has filed a motion, calling attention to the foregoing facts, and suggesting that this Court now fix a new date for the execution of the sentence. Service has been made in accordance with the rules.
The motion is sustained; and Friday, February 24, 1956, is hereby fixed as the date for execution of the death sentence in the manner provided by law.
All Justices concur.
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