State v. Avery

Lewis, Justice.

There were two riots in October 1968 by inmates at the South Carolina Central Correctional Institution, one on October 1st and another on October 5th. The prosecutions in State v. Greene et al., S. C., 180 S. E., (2d) 179, involved the first incident and the charges in this case arose out of the second. The appellants, with six others, were charged with rioting in violation of Section 55-7.2, Supplement to the 1962 Code of Laws. Four entered pleas of guilty at the beginning of the trial and one, who became ill, was not tried. The remaining three were tried, resulting in the…