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OWENS v. STATE

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255 S.C. 299 (1971)

178 S.E.2d 651

Robert Hugh OWENS, Appellant, v. The STATE of South Carolina and The County of Beaufort, Respondents.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

January 12, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William L. Bethea, Jr., Esq., of Harvey, Harvey & Battey, of Beaufort, for Appellant.

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

January 12, 1971.

Per Curiam:

Appellant plead guilty at the November 1967 term of the Court of General Sessions for Beaufort County to the charge of rape of a fifteen year old girl, and for such offense received a sentence of twenty-seven years. He subsequently filed a petition in habeas corpus seeking a new trial, asserting that his plea was involuntary and coerced by fear of the death penalty. His petition was denied by the lower court and...

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