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STATE v. WHITENER

225 S.C. 244 (1954)

81 S.E.2d 784

STATE v. WHITENER.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

March 30, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. C.T. Graydon, of Columbia, and R. Aubrey Harley, of Newberry, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Messrs. T.C. Callison, Attorney General, James S. Verner, Assistant Attorney General, and T. Pou Taylor, Solicitor, all of Columbia, for Respondent.

March 30, 1954.

PER CURIAM.

This matter came before the Supreme Court on a petition for habeas corpus by the defendant-appellant, Guy V. Whitener. Appellant seeks his release on bail from the Richland County Jail, where he is confined pending an appeal to this court.

Appellant was convicted of rape in the Court of General Sessions for Richland County on December 24, 1953. The jury recommended mercy, and the trial Judge fixed appellant's sentence...

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