State v. Bostick

Brailsford, Justice.

In 1962 Louis Bostick was convicted of murder and sentenced to death by electrocution. At the time of the homicide, which occurred in a wooded area of Jasper County, Bostick was seventeen years of age, and the victim was sheriff of the county. On appeal to this court, the conviction was sus tained. State v. Bostick, 243 S. C. 14, 131 S. E. (2d) 841 (1963). We also sustained a judgment of the circuit court denying habeas corpus relief to Bostick. Bostick v. State, 247 S. C. 22, 145 S. E. (2d) 439 (1965). However, the United States Supreme Court granted certiorari and…