JOHNSON v. STATE

18405

246 S.C. 483 (1965)

144 S.E.2d 285

J. R. JOHNSON, Appellant, v. The STATE of South Carolina, Ellis C. MacDougall, Director Board of Corrections, The State of South Carolina Penitentiary, Respondents.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

October 4, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur T. Cole, Jr., Esq., of Columbia, for Appellant.

Messrs. Daniel R. McLeod, Attorney General and Edward B. Latimer and Thomas G. Earle, Assistant Attorneys General, of Columbia, for Respondents.


October 4, 1965.

Per Curiam.

This is an appeal from an order of the circuit court denying, without a hearing, the appellant's petition for a writ of habeas corpus. We shall not here undertake to analyze the rather lengthy, and somewhat argumentative petition of appellant. None of its contents were traversed by any return, and the brief of respondents filed by the Attorney General's office concedes that appellant "undoubtedly has alleged at least one...

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