Bonnette v. State
| Decision Date | 02 September 1981 |
| Docket Number | No. 21558,21558 |
| Citation | 277 S.C. 17,282 S.E.2d 597 |
| Parties | Larry BONNETTE, Appellant, v. STATE of South Carolina, Respondent. |
| Court | South Carolina Supreme Court |
Asst. Appellate Defender David W. Carpenter, of S. C. Commission of Appellate Defense, Columbia, for appellant.
Atty. Gen. Daniel R. McLeod and Asst. Atty. Gen. William K. Moore, Columbia, for respondent.
Appellant pleaded guilty to breaking into a motor vehicle and larceny and was sentenced to fifteen (15) years' imprisonment. He now appeals the denial, after a hearing, of his post-conviction relief application. Appellant alleges the post-conviction judge erred in ruling appellant waived his right to a preliminary hearing, and contends without that hearing the trial court lacked jurisdiction to entertain his plea.
Section 22-5-320, South Carolina Code of Laws (1976), in effect at the time in question, establishes appellant's right to a preliminary hearing upon proper demand. We have held failure to conduct a properly demanded preliminary hearing deprives a court of general sessions of jurisdiction. State v. Porcher, 273 S.C. 507, 257 S.E.2d 505 (1979).
It is uncontested that the request by trial counsel in the present case was properly made to the magistrate. The preliminary hearing was scheduled but later postponed. Appellant then proceeded with plea negotiations which resulted in charges against his wife being nol prossed. At the time appellant entered his guilty plea, he did not inform the trial court he had previously requested and still desired a preliminary hearing. Trial counsel for appellant testified he believed the guilty plea process had the effect of waiving appellant's right to a preliminary hearing.
Waiver is an intentional relinquishment of a known right and may be implied from circumstances indicating an intent to waive. Johnson v. Zerbst, 304 U.S. 458, 58 S.Ct. 1019, 82 L.Ed. 1461 (1938); 92 C.J.S. Waiver, p. 1062 (1955). Acts inconsistent with the continued assertion of a right, such as a failure to insist upon the right, may constitute waiver. Id. p. 1063. A preliminary hearing can be waived by appellant's failure to request the hearing, failure to comply with statutory requirements for the request or failure to appear as scheduled, at least through his attorney. State v. Wheeler, 259 S.C. 571, 193 S.E.2d 515 (1972); Blandshaw v. State, 245 S.C 385, 140 S.E.2d 784 (1965); State v. Rabens, 79 S.C. 542, 60 S.E. 442 (1908); Section 22-5-320, South...
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