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WILLIAMS v. LEEKE

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257 S.C. 104 (1971)

184 S.E.2d 441

Edward WILLIAMS and John Morris, Appellants, v. William D. LEEKE, as successor to Ellis C. MacDougall, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections, State of South Carolina, Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

November 1, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Matthew J. Perry and Lincoln C. Jenkins, Jr., of Columbia, for Appellant, Edward Williams.

J.A. Hutto, Jr., Esquire, of Columbia, for Appellant, John Morris.

Messrs. Daniel R. McLeod, Atty. Gen. and Emmet H. Clair, Asst. Atty. Gen., of Columbia, for Respondent.

November 1, 1971.

BRAILSFORD, Justice:

Nine years ago John Morris and Edward Williams were convicted, respectively, of murder and accessory before the fact. They were sentenced to death by electrocution. We affirmed the conviction, State v. Morris, 243 S.C. 225, 133 S.E.2d 744 (1963), and the United States Supreme Court denied certiorari...

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