TUCKER v. STATE

19446

258 S.C. 572 (1972)

190 S.E.2d 23

Johnnie TUCKER, Appellant, v. STATE of South Carolina, Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

June 30, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. H.F. Partee, and Grover S. Panell, Jr., of Greenville, for Appellant.

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


June 30, 1972.

Per Curiam:

This is an appeal from an order of the lower court denying appellant's petition for post conviction relief.

Appellant, Johnnie Tucker, represented by appointed counsel, entered a plea of guilty to murder, with recommendation to mercy, and received, on May 2, 1966, a life sentence. He now seeks relief from the judgment and sentence upon the ground that (1) he was denied effective assistance of counsel and (2) his plea...

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