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PITT v. STATE

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240 S.C. 557 (1962)

126 S.E.2d 579

Bennie G. PITT, Appellant, v. STATE of South Carolina and W.M. Manning, Superintendent, South Carolina State Penitentiary, Respondents.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

July 24, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennie G. Pitt, Appellant, Pro Se, of Columbia.

Messrs. Daniel R. McLeod, Attorney General, and Travis Medlock, Assistant Attorney General, of Columbia, for Respondents.

July 24, 1962.

LEWIS, Justice.

The appellant was tried on May 30, 1961, in the Court of General Sessions at Charleston, South Carolina, without the assistance of counsel, and convicted of the offense of armed robbery. A sentence of fifteen (15) years was imposed, which he is now serving in the South Carolina State Penitentiary. No appeal was taken from his conviction, but appellant filed with the lower Court on December 16, 1961, a petition for a writ of ...

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