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BALLARD v. STATE

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258 S.C. 91 (1972)

187 S.E.2d 224

William James BALLARD, Appellant, v. The STATE of South Carolina, Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

March 6, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank B. Register, Jr., Esq., of Lexington, for Appellant.

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

March 6, 1972.

LITTLEJOHN, Justice:

William James Ballard is serving a five year sentence in a Richland County Prison Camp. He sought a new trial in the court below under our recently enacted Post-Conviction Procedure Act, § 17-601 et seq., of the South Carolina Code (1962). Relief was denied in that court. Ballard has appealed.

In the lower court it was the contention of Ballard that his guilty plea was involuntarily given, and that he...

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