FIELDS v. LEEKE

19634

260 S.C. 507 (1973)

197 S.E.2d 299

Cecil Tommy FIELDS, Appellant, v. William D. LEEKE, Director South Carolina Department of Corrections, Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

June 7, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert R. Madama, Jr., Esq., of Columbia, for Appellant.

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


June 7, 1973.

MOSS, Chief Justice.

Cecil Tommy Fields, the appellant, was sentenced to pay a fine of $4,000.00 or serve a term of four years imprisonment. He was indigent, and was therefore, compelled to begin serving the sentence of four years.

He applied to the Court of Common Pleas of Richland County for post-conviction relief. His contention is that the execution of the alternative sentence deprived him...

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