Legal Opinion
Ray S. Bailey v. Ellis C. MacDougall Director of the South Carolina Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided February 28, 1968No. 11735PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BUTZNER, Circuit Judge:
Ray S. Bailey was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1936 upon a plea of guilty to murder. Now Bailey challenges the validity of his plea, which was entered after the chief of police and the state’s solicitor promised in writing they would recommend parole or pardon after Bailey had served a term not exceeding ten years. We hold that Bailey’s arraignment was defective and the record fails to establish he understood the consequences of his plea. We remand the case for proceedings consistent with this opinion.
Bailey applied for a writ of habeas corpus in 1964 in the Court…
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3Cited by58 opinions
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