Tillman v. State

Bussey, Justice.

Appellant is an inmate of the South Carolina Penitentiary serving a life sentence imposed upon him by the Honorable T. B. Greneker, Resident Judge, during the May, 1960, term of the Court of General Sessions for Lexington County, after appellant plead guilty, with the consent of the State, to an indictment that charged him with murder. A jury was impaneled for the purpose of returning a verdict of guilty with a recommendation to the mercy of the court. Appellant was represented by retained counsel at the time of and in connection with his guilty plea.

Pursuant to the decision…