PATTERSON v. LEEKE

No. 76-2000.

556 F.2d 1168 (1977)

Lewis PATTERSON and Terry Chappel, Appellants, v. William D. LEEKE and the Attorney General of the State of South Carolina, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided June 13, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William T. Toal, Greenville, S. C., for appellants.

Emmet H. Clair, Asst. Atty. Gen., Columbia, S. C., for appellees.

Before WINTER, CRAVEN and WIDENER, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

The district court dismissed the habeas corpus petitions of these state prisoners on the ground that the prisoners had failed to exhaust remedies available to them in the South Carolina courts. On appeal petitioners contend that the state remedy said to be available to them, South Carolina's Uniform Post-Conviction Relief Act, S.C.Code § 17-601, is ineffective to protect their rights, and that therefore the district court erred in requiring exhaustion...

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