Legal Opinion

Criminger v. State

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided January 28, 1980No. 21135; No. 80084Published

1Opinion of the Court

Rhodes, Justice:

This is an appeal from a denial of an application for post-conviction relief. We affirm.

Appellant had previously pled guilty to burglary, using a car without the owner’s permission, armed robbery, and assault and battery with intent to kill. Among the several sentences imposed upon appellant by the trial judge was a life sentence on the burglary plea, which forms the sole basis of this appeal.

*242Appellant asserts that the lower court was precluded from sentencing him to life imprisonment after a guilty plea to the charge of burglary by the provisions of Section 17-25-130 of the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. United States v. JacksonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. State v. HarperSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1968
  3. State v. LambertSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1976
  4. Childers v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1973

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