AIKEN v. BYARS

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Blume , Sheri L. Johnson , Keir M. Weyble , of Cornell Law School, of Ithica, NY; Elizabeth Franklin-Best , of Blume, Norris, & Franklin-Best, LLC, of Columbia; Joshua A. Bailey , of Finklea Law Firm, of Florence; Charles Grose, Jr. , of Grose Law Firm, of Greenwood; Diana L. Holt , of Diana Holt, LLC, of Columbia; and Chief Appellate Defender Robert M. Dudek , of Columbia, all for Petitioners.

Attorney General Alan M. Wilson , Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka , and Assistant Attorney General J. Benjamin Aplin , all of Columbia, for Respondents.

Christopher D. Scalzo , of Greenville, for Amicus Curiae, S.C. Public Defender Association.

Joseph M. McCulloch, Jr. , of Law Offices of Joseph M. McCulloch, Jr., of Columbia, and Abby F. Rudzin and Abby C. Johnston , both of O'Melveny & Myers, LLP, of New York, NY, for Amicus Curiae, The South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP.

John S. Nichols , of Bluestein Nichols Thompson & Delgado, LLC, of Columbia, for Amicus Curiae, South Carolina Psychological Association.