Legal Opinion
Rivers v. Strickland
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided March 25, 1975No. 19977PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Moss, Chief Judge:
Hill Rivers, the appellant herein, at the 1972 October Term of the Court of General Sessions for Allendale County, entered a plea of guilty to a charge of assault and battery with intent to kill and was sentenced to imprisonment for a term of ten years.
The appellant, on September 30, 1973, filed his application for post-conviction relief, pursuant to Section 17-601 et seq., of the Code, alleging that his guilty plea was involuntarily made and that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel. He asked that he be granted a new trial.
The State duly filed a reply,…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Parker v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- State v. FullerSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1970
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