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HAYES v. STATE

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242 S.C. 328 (1963)

130 S.E.2d 907

Jesse L. HAYES, Appellant, v. STATE of South Carolina, Ellis C. MacDougall, Director, Board of Corrections, State of South Carolina, R. F. Goodman, Warden, South Carolina State Penitentiary, Respondents.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

May 1, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jesse L. Hayes, Appellant, Pro. Se., of Columbia.

Messrs. Daniel R. McLeod, Attorney General, and Clarence T. Goolsby, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, of Columbia, for Respondents.

May 1, 1963.

BUSSEY, Justice.

In June 1961 appellant was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to serve a term of twelve years, he being presently confined in the State Penitentiary under this sentence. In October 1962 he filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, which was denied by the court, without a hearing, on the ground that it was obvious that the petition was without merit. This appeal followed.

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