State v. Parker

Rhodes, Justice:

The appellants, Lawrence Parker, Nathaniel Walker, Dorthula Walker and John Love, were arrested on March 1, 1975, and charged with violating the South Carolina Drug Act (possession of methadone for distribution and possession of marijuana). On March 3, 1975, the appellants were released on recognizance bonds signed by the appellants, Allen Walker, Marie Walker, Henry Lawson and Henry Smith.1

At the October 1975 Term of the Court of General Sessions for Charleston County, the grand jury returned an indictment against appellants charging them as above set forth. Bench warrants…