Hayden v. State

The petitioner plead guilty to armed robbery and grand larceny. He was sentenced to twenty-five (25) years on the armed robbery charge and ten (10) years on the grand larceny charge.

After a hearing on his application for post-conviction relief, the lower court vacated the conviction and sentence for grand larceny. We issued a writ of certiorari to consider whether the petitioner is entitled to further relief because the judge at his criminal trial considered his prior adjudication as a juvenile delinquent at sentencing.

The petitioner asserts that under S. C. Code Ann. § 20-7-780 (Supp. 1983)…