Grant v. MacDougall

Bussey, Justice.

This is an appeal in forma pauperis from an order entered in the Court of Commop Pleas of Richland County in a habeas corpus proceeding, the petitioner-appellant being represented below and here by appointed counsel.

Petitioner is currently serving a twelve year sentence in the South Carolina Penitentiary as a result of having pled guilty, in the Court of General Sessions of Charleston Copnty on December 4, 1957, to two counts of armed robbery, which alleged robberies were committed in September 1957. The petition for a writ of habeas corpus was based on the case of Gideon v.…