Legal Opinion
Pitt v. MacDougall
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided November 11, 1964No. 18279PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Moss, Justice.
Bennie G. Pitt, the appellant herein, on April 9, 1961, was arrested in Charleston, South Carolina, and charged with the crime of armed rebbery. He was tried and convicted upon said charge on May 30, 1961, in the Court of General Sessions for Charleston County, without the assistance of counsel, and sentenced to imprisonment for a term of fifteen years, which he is now serving in the South Carolina State Penitentiary. There was no appeal taken from the aforesaid conviction and sentence.
However, on December 16, 1961, the appellant filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus,…
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