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STATE v. GILCHRIST

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273 S.C. 152 (1979)

255 S.E.2d 346

The STATE, Respondent, v. Willie Frank GILCHRIST, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

May 15, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Knie & White, Spartanburg, for appellant.

Asst. Atty. Gen. Sally G. Young, Columbia, for respondent.

May 15, 1979.

LEWIS, Chief Justice:

Appellant was arrested in November 1977 for allegedly escaping from the Spartanburg County Jail System approximately eleven (11) years before, on April 12, 1966. He was indicted on January 9, 1978 and tried on February 21, 1978. The trial resulted in his conviction for escape and he was sentenced to imprisonment for a period of six (6) months. He has appealed from that judgment and sentence alleging that he is entitled to...

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