MYERS v. STATE

18582

248 S.C. 539 (1966)

151 S.E.2d 665

Leldon MYERS, Appellant, v. STATE of South Sarolina et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

December 5, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mrs. Betty M. Sloan, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Messrs. Daniel R. McLeod, Attorney General, and EdWard B. Latimer, Assistant Attorney General, of Columbia, for Respondents.


December 5, 1966.

BRAILSFORD, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order 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...

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