Legal Opinion
State v. Germany
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided December 27, 1949No. 16298PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Oxner, Justice.
This is an appeal from an order discharging a writ of habeas corpus and remanding appellant to the custody of the officials of the South Carolina State Penitentiary. The question is whether a sentence imposed upon him for escaping from the Richland County chain gang is in excess of the maximum allowed by law.
On January 15, 1948, appellant was convicted in the Court of General Sessions for Richland County of the crime of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature and was sentenced by the presiding judge, Honorable J. Henry Johnson, to “be confined at hárd labor upon the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Crooks v. Sanders, SuperintendentSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1922
- Ex Parte: Moore v. PattersonSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1942
- Thompson v. Patterson, SupervisorSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1942
- Nichols v. PattersonSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1943
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