State v. Fields, 17922

• Citation: 242 S.C. 357,131 S.E.2d 91
• Decision Date: 14 May 1963
• Docket Number: No. 17922,17922
• Parties: The STATE, Respondent, v. James FIELDS et al., Appellants. The STATE, Respondent, v. Bobbie J. GILCHRIST et al., Appellants. The STATE, Respondent, v. Marie GRAHAM et al., Appellants. The STATE, Respondent, v. Eula M. WITHERSPOON et al., Appellants. The STATE, Respondent, v. Alvin HEATLEY et al., Appellants. The STATE, Respondent, v. Joseph C. BROWN et al., Appellants. The STATE, Respondent, v. Frances E. DAVENPORT et al., Appellants.
• Court: United States State Supreme Court of South Carolina

Page 91

131 S.E.2d 91

242 S.C. 357

The STATE, Respondent, v. James FIELDS et al., Appellants.

The STATE, Respondent, v. Bobbie J. GILCHRIST et al., Appellants.

The STATE, Respondent, v. Marie GRAHAM et al., Appellants.

The STATE, Respondent, v. Eula M. WITHERSPOON et al., Appellants.

The STATE, Respondent, v. Alvin HEATLEY et al., Appellants.

The STATE, Respondent, v. Joseph C. BROWN et al., Appellants.

The STATE, Respondent, v. Frances E. DAVENPORT et al., Appellants.

No. 17922.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

May 14, 1963.

Daniel R. McLeod, Atty. Gen., Everett N. Brandon, Asst. Atty. Gen., Columbia, Julian S. Wolfe, Sol., Orangeburg, for the State.

Jenkins & Perry, Columbia, W. Newton Pough, Orangeburg, for James Fields and others.

PER CURIAM.

The mandate of the United States Supreme Court in this case, 372 U.S. 522, 83 S.Ct. 887, vacated the judgment of this Court and further provided 'that this cause be remanded to the Supreme Court of the State of South Carolina for consideration in light of Edwards v. South Carolina, 372 U.S. 229, 83 S.Ct. 680, 9 L.Ed.2d 697.'

Pursuant thereto, we have considered this cause in the light of Edwards v. South Carolina and adhere to and affirm the judgment of this Court 240 S.C. 366, 126 S.E.2d 6, for the reasons stated in our opinion in State v. Brown, 240 S.C. 357, 126 S.E.2d 1.