McElrath v. State

Gregory, Justice:

This appeal is from the denial of an application for post conviction relief. We affirm.

In 1959 appellant Johnnie McElrath was found guilty of escape, robbery and larceny during the fall term of the Court of General Sessions for Sumter County. He was sentenced to a one year period of confinement for the robbery and larceny offenses and a concurrent term of nine months for escape. Appellant now seeks relief from these convictions on the ground he was an indigent not represented by counsel. See Pickelsimer v. Wainwright, 375 U. S. 2, 84 S. Ct. 80, 11 L. Ed. (2d) 41 (1963),…