GLAZE v. STATE

19148

255 S.C. 298 (1971)

178 S.E.2d 651

Joe GLAZE, Appellant, v. STATE of South Carolina, William D. Leeke, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

January 12, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Paul Culbertson, Esq., of Laurens, for Appellant.

Messrs. Daniel R. McLeod, Attorney General, Emmet H. Clair, and John P. Wilson, Asst. Attys. Gen., of Columbia, for Respondents.


January 12, 1971.

Per Curiam:

Appellant plead guilty at the September 1967 term of the court of general sessions for Laurens County to the charge of assault with intent to ravish a five or six year old girl, and received a sentence of thirty-six (36) years. He subsequently filed a petition in habeas corpus seeking a new trial upon the sole ground that his plea was entered under fear of the death penalty. His petition was denied by the lower court...

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