Legal Opinion
Griffin v. WARDEN, CCI
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided January 12, 1982No. 21626PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Ness, Justice:
This is a post conviction relief action. Appellant Griffin was convicted for rape in 1975 under the former South Carolina “Rape” Statute S. C. Code § 16-3-630, now repealed. He raises numerous exceptions most of which are not reviewable as they were waived at trial and/or on direct appeal. Griffin’s remaining arguments are not persuasive and we affirm.
Appellant alleges he was unconstitutionally convicted under a gender based statute. This issue has recently been decided against appellant by the U. S. Supreme Court in Michael M. v. Superior Court of Sonoma Cty., 450 U. S. 464,…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Reed v. ReedSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Rinaldi v. YeagerSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Michael M. v. Superior Court of Sonoma CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Thomas E. Meloon v. Raymond A. Helgemoe, Warden, New Hampshire State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1977
- State v. HillSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1970
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Webb v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1984
- Hyman v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1983
- Griffin v. MartinSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1983
- Sanders v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1984
- State v. WrightSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2002
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