Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit December 3, 1964, 21085_1 (Ex Rel. Preston Cobb, Jr. v. R. P. Balkcom, Jr., Warden)

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.