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BEARDEN v. MANNING

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238 S.C. 187 (1961)

119 S.E.2d 670

James BEARDEN, Respondent, v. Wyndham M. MANNING, Superintendent, South Carolina State Penitentiary, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

April 25, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Daniel R. McLeod, Attorney General, and J.C. Coleman, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, of Columbia, for Appellant.

John A. Mason, Esq., of Columbia, for Respondent.

April 25, 1961.

LEWIS, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of the Richland County Court granting respondent's petition in habeas corpus proceedings and ordering his release from the South Carolina State Penitentiary where he is now imprisoned.

The respondent, James Bearden, was convicted of murder in Pickens County, South Carolina, in 1938 and received a sentence of life imprisonment. He was paroled by...

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