Legal Opinion
Dickson v. South Carolina
District Court, D. South Carolina
Decided July 5, 1967No. Civ. A. No. 67-366PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
HEMPHILL, District Judge.
By order of this court on May 19, 1967 the respondents were ordered to show cause why the petition of Claude Dickson for a writ of habeas corpus should not be granted.
Return to the Rule has been made which sets forth the grounds on which the petitioner is confined.
Claude Dickson was tried for murder at the March 1960 General Sessions at Florence County, and on the trial by jury he was convicted of voluntary manslaughter. He was represented by two appointed counsel at the trial. On April 6, 1960 he received a sentence of eighteen years. On November 7, 1960 he was…
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