GORE v. LEEKE

No. 78-6600.

605 F.2d 741 (1979)

Benjamin Kenneth GORE, Appellant, v. William D. LEEKE, and the Attorney General of the State of South Carolina, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided September 12, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip S. Porter, Third Year Law Student (Randall M. Chastain, Columbia, S. C., University of South Carolina Law Center, on brief), for appellant.

Emmet H. Clair, Deputy Atty. Gen., Columbia, S. C. (Daniel R. McLeod, Atty. Gen., Columbia, S. C., on brief), for appellees.

Before RUSSELL, Circuit Judge, FIELD, Senior Circuit Judge, and WIDENER, Circuit Judge.


FIELD, Senior Circuit Judge:

Convicted of felony-murder in the General Sessions Court of Beaufort County, South Carolina, Benjamin Kenneth Gore applied for post-conviction relief in the state court. After a full hearing, relief was denied and such denial was affirmed by the Supreme Court of South Carolina. Gore v. Leeke, 261 S.C. 308, 199 S.E.2d 755 (1973). Thereafter Gore filed a petition...

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