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Mosley v. State

Mosley v. the State

Mosley v. State, 5 S.E.2d 47 (Ga. 1939)
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Court
Supreme Court of Georgia · State Highest Courts
Decided
October 10, 1939
Docket
No. 12985.
Judges
Grice
Citations
5 S.E.2d 47189 Ga. 711939 Ga. LEXIS 643

Opinion of the Court — Grice

Grice, Justice.

The plaintiff in error, under sentence of death, having escaped from custody before the date fixed for the hearing of his case in this court, and having failed, within the time fixed in the order duly passed, to surrender himself to the proper authorities, the writ of error is dismissed in pursuance of the provision of the order referred to, that unless by the date named therein he should surrender himself the. case would be dismissed Madden v. State, 70 Ga.

383 ;

Gentry v. State, 91

Ga.

669 ( 17 S. E. 956 ) ;

Staten v. State, 140 Ga.

110 ( 78 S. E. 766 ).

Writ of error dismissed.

All the Justices concur.

How later courts describe this case

No later court has written an explanatory parenthetical about this case yet.

1979: 11992: 119792026peak 1979 · 1

Relies on it most ⓘ

  1. Sprouse v. State252 S.E.2d 173 (Ga. 1979)
  2. Commonwealth v. Judge609 A.2d 785 (Pa. 1992)

Most recent

  1. Commonwealth v. Judge609 A.2d 785 (Pa. 1992)
  2. Sprouse v. State252 S.E.2d 173 (Ga. 1979)

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Authorities cited 3

DepthCaseCited by
Gentry v. State, 17 S.E. 956 (Ga. 1893) 21
Staten v. State, 78 S.E. 766 (Ga. 1913) 15
Madden v. State, 70 Ga. 383 (1883) 13

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