MOORER v. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

Civ. A. No. AC-1583.

240 F.Supp. 531 (1965)

Louis MOORER, Petitioner, v. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA and Ellis C. MacDougall, Director, South Carolina State Board of Corrections, Respondents.

United States District Court E. D. South Carolina, Columbia Division.

April 13, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew J. Perry, Columbia, S. C., for petitioner.

Everett N. Brandon, Edward B. Latimer and Thomas G. Earle, Asst. Attys. Gen., Columbia, S. C., for respondents.


HEMPHILL, Chief Judge.

Before this Court is the question of retention of jurisdiction of this cause, which petitioner desires, for purpose of continuing a stay of execution heretofore issued. Petitioner originally sought asylum of this forum by Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus filed November 30, 1964, and Petition for Stay of Execution of same date; at the time petitioner was detained and awaiting ordered execution, at the South Carolina State Penitentiary December...

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