Kelly v. Manning

Legge, Justice.

Appellant, an inmate of the State Penitentiary, is serving two life sentences: one imposed in Charleston County on June 14, 1945, following his plea of guilty to a charge of *366kidnapping; the other imposed in Richland County on September 19, 1949, as the result, according to his statement, of an agreement between his counsel and the State whereby, upon his plea of guilty to a charge of murder, the jury recommended mercy under the court’s instruction. Appearing in his own behalf, he now appeals from two orders of the Honorable James Hugh McFaddin, Presiding Judge of the Fifth…