WATSON v. LEEKE

19548

309 S.C. 423 (1978)

194 S.E.2d 128

Luke B. WATSON, Appellant v. William D. LEEKE, Director of the South Carolina Department of Corrections and the State of South Carolina, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

January 10, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Betty M. Sloan, Columbia, for appellant.

Atty. Gen. Daniel R. McLeod, Asst. Attys. Gen. Emmet H. Clair and Robert M. Arial, Columbia, and Sol. Marion H. Kinon, Dillon, for respondents.


Jan. 10, 1978.

Per Curiam:

Appellant, Luke B. Watson, is serving a life sentence for murder, having pled guilty at the June 1968 term of court for Darlington County. He instituted this habeas corpus proceeding December 18, 1970, and now appeals from an order of the lower court denying him any relief after a full hearing.

His contention is that his plea was involuntary in that such was entered while he was under the influence of amphetamine drugs...

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