State v. Keenan

This appeal arises from appellant’s conviction for armed robbery at the March, 1981 term of the Court of General Sessions for Cherokee County. He was sentenced to twenty-five years imprisonment.

Appellant has asserted that the combined effect of S. C. Code Ann. § 22-5-320 (Supp. 1981), and the recently enacted statute, S. C. Code Ann. § 17-23-160 (Supp. 1981), was to deprive the Court of General Sessions of jurisdiction to try him. See State v. Funderburk, 259 S. C. 256, 191 S. E. (2d) 520 (1972).

Section 22-5-320 provides:

Any magistrate who issues a warrant charging a crime beyond his…