McCreight v. MacDougall

Lewis, Justice.

This is an appeal by the defendant from an order of the lower court denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The defendant was convicted in November 1962 of the murder of his wife and sentenced to imprisonment for life. He contends that his present detention in the South Carolina State Penitentiary under the aforesaid sentence is illegal because of the use in his trial of statements and evidence obtained from him by the officers in violation of his constitutional rights.

Mrs. Gloria McCreight, the wife of the defendant, was found dead on July 17, 1962, in bed, in the…