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BUCHANAN v. STATE

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276 S.C. 127 (1981)

276 S.E.2d 302

Stewart Russell BUCHANAN, Appellant, v. STATE of South Carolina, Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

March 11, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deputy Appellate Defender Vance J. Bettis, of S.C. Commission of Appellate Defense, Columbia, for appellant.

Atty. Gen. Daniel R. McLeod, Asst. Atty. Gen. William K. Moore and State Atty. Donald J. Zelenka, Columbia, for respondent.

March 11, 1981.

LEWIS, Chief Justice:

Appellant, represented by retained counsel, entered, in September 1973, a plea of guilty to murder and received a sentence of life imprisonment, the maximum punishment for the offense at that time. In July 1979, approximately six (6) years later, appellant filed a petition for post conviction relief, alleging that (1) he was denied effective assistance of counsel and 2) his plea of guilty to murder was not freely

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