Lakes v. State

Curtis Lakes, an inmate at Allendale Correctional Institution, filed and timely served a petition for writ of habeas corpus in the common pleas court of Orangeburg County. Lakes also submitted a motion and proposed order to proceed in forma pauperis. By order dated September 29, 1997, the trial judge denied Lakes’s motion. Lakes appeals, alleging the trial judge erred in denying the motion to proceed in forma pauperis, 1

FACTS

Lakes was convicted and sentenced for kidnaping, armed robbery, and assault and battery with intent to kill in 1989. His conviction and sentence were upheld by our…