Legal Opinion
Bearden v. Manning
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided April 25, 1961No. 17769PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Lewis, Justice.
This is an appeal from an order of the Richland County Court granting respondent’s petition in habeas corpus proceedings and ordering his release from the South Carolina State Penitentiary where he is now imprisoned.
The respondent, James Bearden, was convicted of murder in Pickens County, South Carolina, in 1938 and received a sentence of life imprisonment. He was paroled by the Governor on January 2, 1945, during good behavior. This parole was revoked by the Probation, Parole and Pardon Board on August 25, 1949, authority in such matters having been transferred from the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Bearden v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1953
3Cited by4 opinions
- McCall v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1965
- Bowers v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1962
- James G. Bearden v. State of South Carolina and Mr. William D. Leeke, Director, Department of Corrections, Cuthbert McInnies Midgett, 57853 v. J. D. Cox, Superintendent, Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1971
- Bearden v. South CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1971