State v. Norris

Moss, Chief Justice.

The appellant, Malvin E. Norris, was tried at the 1966 December Term of the Court of General Sessions for Green-ville County on an indictment charging him with the murder of one Clyde Ledbetter on August 25, 1966, which trial resulted in a conviction of murder, with a recommendation to mercy, and he was sentenced to life imprisonment.

At the trial the appellant was represented by retained counsel and this appeal is prosecuted by appointed counsel. No evidence was presented by the appellant. Following the verdict of the jury convicting the appellant of murder with a…