Myers v. State

Brailsford, Justice.

This is an appeal from an o,rder of the circuit court dismissing a writ of habeas corpus and remanding the petitioner, Leldon Myers, to custody.

Upon their trial in the Richland County Court of General Sessions in January, 1957, Myers and a co-defendant, Hershall Van Hillsman, were convicted of violating the safe cracking statute and were sentenced to life imprisonment. Upon the filing by Myers, pro se, of a petition for habeas corpus, alleging, among other grounds, that he was without counsel at his trial, the co.urt appointed two attorneys to represent him. After a full…