Legal Opinion
Walters v. Harden
District Court, D. South Carolina
Decided April 8, 1970No. Civ. A. No. 69-639PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION and ORDER
DONALD RUSSELL, District Judge.
The petitioner is a State prisoner who, following indictment in Oconee County, *1270South Carolina, had plead guilty to that count of the indictment charging the receipt of stolen goods (Section 16-362, Code of South Carolina of 1962), and received a sentence of six years. After commencing service of such sentence, he filed two petitions in habeas corpus in the State Court. The grounds upon which the first of such petitions rested were:(1) That the verdict was contrary to the weight of the evidence;(2) That the verdict was not supported by…
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