Shelton v. State

Taylor, Chief Justice.

Appellant, without benefit of counsel, entered a plea of guilty to assault of a high and aggravated nature in the Court of General Sessions for York County, on the 10th day of September, 1958, and was sentenced to six years imprisonment. On December 28, 1959, Appellant filed a petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus and a hearing was held pursuant thereto, by the Honorable George T. Gregory, Jr., Resident Judge of the Sixth Judicial Circuit. An Order was filed denying this petition on February 4, 1960. Subsequently, Appellant filed notice of intention to appeal to the…