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RICHARDS v. CRUMP

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260 S.C. 133 (1973)

194 S.E.2d 575

Cleveland RICHARDS, Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Respondent, v. Thomas S. CRUMP, Superintendent of the Charleston County Prison Farm, City of Charleston, and The County of Charleston, South Carolina, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

February 14, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Daniel R. McLeod, Atty. Gen., and James C. Harrison, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., of Columbia, for Appellants.

Gary Lamberson, Esq., of Charleston Heights, for Respondent.

February 14, 1973.

LITTLEJOHN, Justice:

A magistrate's sentencing authority has been challenged and we are called upon to determine if a magistrate is empowered to impose consecutive sentences on a defendant for several separate offenses.

A petition for writ of habeas corpus was brought in the Charleston County Court by prisoners confined under consecutive sentences imposed by a magistrate's court for multiple charges. The lower court issued...

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