Thomas E. Knight
Knight was the prosecutor in the Scottsboro trials in the 1930s; as the Attorney General , he also represented the State before the United States Supreme Court in the three cases stemming from the trials: "Powell v . Alabama" , in 1932; and "Norris v . Alabama" and "Patterson v . Alabama" , both in 1935 . 
<triplet> Powell v. Alabama <subj> United States Supreme Court <obj> court <triplet> Norris v. Alabama <subj> United States Supreme Court <obj> court