Scottsboro Boys Trial Summary. Convicted and facing execution, the case of charlie weems, ozie powell, clarence norris, olen montgomery, willie roberson, haywood. Powell and the others filed motions for a new trial, but the motions were overruled and the state supreme court affirmed the judgments on appeal.

The scottsboro boys, as they would become known, were the catalyst for the civil rights movement in the united states. After getting off the train, the white teens told the sheriff they had been attacked. The scottsboro trials center on the wrongful conviction of nine african american youths between 1931 to 1937.