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STATE EX REL. McLEOD v. HITE

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272 S.C. 303 (1979)

251 S.E.2d 746

STATE of South Carolina, ex relatione Daniel R. McLEOD, Attorney General, Petitioner, v. James F. HITE, Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

January 24, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Daniel R. McLeod, Deputy Atty. Gen. Emmet H. Clair and Staff Atty. Corrine G. Russell, Columbia, for petitioner.

C. Alan Runyan of Glenn, Porter & Sullivan, Columbia, for respondent.

January 24, 1979.

LEWIS, Chief Justice:

Respondent James E. Hite was held in contempt of court for jury tampering and was sentenced to confinement in the Lexington County jail for a period of three (3) months. After serving one month, respondent was paroled by the South Carolina Probation, Parole and Pardon Board. As the result of questions concerning the power of the Board to parole a person who had been sentenced for contempt of court, the Board rescinded...

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