Watson v. Leeke

Appellant, Luke B. Watson, is serving a life sentence for murder, having pled guilty at the June 1968 term of court for Darlington County. He instituted this habeas corpus proceeding December 18, 1970, and now appeals from an order of the lower court denying him any relief after a full hearing.

His contention is that his plea was involuntary in that such was entered while he was under the influence of amphetamine drugs. The lower court found as a fact that appellant had full possession of his faculties at the time he entered his plea and that the did, in fact, freely, voluntarily,…