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STATE v. PATTERSON

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278 S.C. 319 (1982)

295 S.E.2d 264

The STATE, Respondent, v. Wardell PATTERSON, Jr., Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

September 13, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David I. Bruck, of S.C. Com'n of Appellate Defense, Columbia, for appellant.

Atty. Gen. Daniel R. McLeod, Sr., Asst. Atty. Gen. Brian P. Gibbes and Asst. Atty. Gen. Lindy Pike Funkhouser, Columbia and Sol. William L. Ferguson, York, for respondent.

September 13, 1982.

GREGORY, Justice:

Appellant pled guilty to armed robbery and murder and was sentenced to death as recommended by a jury. We vacate the guilty plea and death sentence and remand for a new trial.

We raise the validity of appellant's guilty plea and sentencing proceedings ex mero motu, although no exception was taken and no argument was made by counsel. On appeal from a murder conviction in which the death penalty is imposed...

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