Swilling v. MacDougall, 167 S.E.2d 433

Per Curiam.

This appeal arises out of a habeas corpus proceeding instituted by James Weldon ‍​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‍Swilling in which he challenges on several grounds his conviction and sentence of death for murder. Although the petition or habeas corpus was based upon several ‍​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‍grounds, the lower court, pursuant to an agreement of the parties, passed upon only one of the issues involved, reserving the others for later determination.

An adjudication of ‍​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‍the one issue presented in this appeal will not dispose of all issues involved in the proceeding. Since this is true, the cause is remanded to the ‍​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‍lower court for a determination of the other grounds of the peetition, so that all issues involved may be disposed of in a single appeal. A ‍​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‍partial disposition of issues before *573the lower court, resulting in piecemeal appeals, is not favored.

Remanded.

Case Details

Case Name: Swilling v. MacDougall

Court Name: Supreme Court of South Carolina

Date Published: May 6, 1969

Citations: 167 S.E.2d 433; 252 S.C. 571; 1969 S.C. LEXIS 273; 18916

Docket Number: 18916

Court Abbreviation: S.C.