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WILLIAMS v. STATE

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260 S.C. 10 (1973)

193 S.E.2d 809

Carl B. WILLIAMS, Jr., Appellant, v. STATE of South Carolina, Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

January 3, 1973.

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, Asst. Atty. Gen., of Columbia, for Respondent.

January 3, 1973.

LEWIS, Justice:

Appellant, Carl B. Williams, represented at the time by the office of the Public Defender for Richland County, entered a plea of guilty to murder and, after a recommendation of mercy by a jury, received the mandatory life sentence. He subsequently applied for relief from the judgment and sentence upon the grounds that (1) his plea of guilty was involuntary, and (2) he was denied effective assistance of counsel in that the Public...

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