Legal Opinion · Concurrence

State v. Sullivan

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided December 10, 1923No. 11366Published

1ConcurrenceJustice Marion

(concurring) : The contention that the Court was without jurisdiction to act in the absence of personal service of notice upon the defendant is unten able, for the reason that for the purposes of carrying the suspended sentence into effect the jurisdiction of the Court of General Sessions had never been lost. The defendant had had his day in Court, and the Court having acquired jurisdiction to render the judgment, it had inherent authority to carry the sentence into effect. State v. Miller (S. C.), 115 S. E., 742. State v. Charles, 107 S. C., 413; 93 S. E., 134. While as a matter of sound…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. State v. MillerSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1923
  2. State v. CharlesSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1917

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