Pennington v. State

Toal, Associate Justice:

This appeal arises from the circuit court’s denial of a petition for writ of habeas corpus. We affirm.

Facts

In December 1989, Petitioner, George M. Pennington, was convicted of two counts of distribution of crack cocaine and sentenced to concurrent prison terms of twenty-five years. We affirmed the conviction on direct appeal in State v. George M. Pennington, Op. No. 91-MO-176, filed June 25,1991.

Without filing an application for postconviction relief pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 17-27-20 (1976), Petitioner filed a Motion for Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus dated…