WOOD v. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

No. 72-1336.

483 F.2d 149 (1973)

Jesse Lee WOOD, Appellant, v. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided July 13, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ann Beddingfield, Third Year Student (Barry Nakell, Chapel Hill, N. C., [Court-appointed counsel] on brief) for appellant.

Emmet H. Clair, Asst. Atty. Gen., of S. C. (Daniel R. McLeod, Atty. Gen. of S. C., and Robert M. Ariail, Asst. Atty. Gen., of S. C., on brief) for appellees.

Before BOREMAN, Senior Circuit Judge, and CRAVEN and BUTZNER, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Appellant Wood was sentenced by a South Carolina state court to concurrent terms of five years' imprisonment on his pleas of guilty to two counts of making obscene telephone calls in violation of S.C.Code Ann. § 16-552.1 (Supp. 1971).

The only issue presented us on this appeal from the district court's denial of habeas corpus relief is whether the sentences imposed upon Wood are so excessive and disproportionate as to constitute cruel and...

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