THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA vs G. G.
G. G. was a Greenville character. He was very smart and he tried to help homeless people although he was in trouble a lot because of his drinking problem. G. G. was charged with high and aggravated assault and battery for hitting a waitress in the face with a plate causing her serious injuries. When he went to court, he insisted on a deal that the judge accepted whereby G. G. would leave the state and his sentence would be deferred. But G. G. never left the county or the state, and when he was arrested and brought back to court he tried to withdraw his guilty plea with Mr. Henry’s help as his new court appointed lawyer. The judge did not allow G. G. to take back his plea and gave him three years in prison. Mr. Henry handled his appeal and successfully challenged banishment as an unconstitutional sentence. G. G. won his appeal and was later sentenced to time served and released.
The South Carolina Supreme Court decision in the banishment case can be found at the following citation: State v. G. G., 262 S.E.2d 923 (S.C. 1980).