WHETSELL v. STATE

21449

276 S.C. 295 (1981)

277 S.E.2d 891

Kenneth L. WHETSELL, Respondent, v. STATE of South Carolina, Appellant, and Charles E. HAWLEY, Respondent, v. STATE of South Carolina, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

May 13, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Daniel R. McLeod and Asst. Attys. Gen. William K. Moore and Donald J. Zelenka, Columbia, for appellant.

Deputy Appellate Defender Vance J. Bettis, of S.C. Commission of Appellate Defense, Columbia, for respondents.


May 13, 1981.

GREGORY, Justice:

The State appeals the granting of post conviction relief to respondents on the ground their attorney's failure to make a motion to suppress evidence constituted ineffective assistance of counsel. We reverse.

Respondents pled guilty in General Sessions Court for Charleston County on October 5, 1978 to five (5) indictments charging them with housebreaking and grand larceny. They received three consecutive and two concurrent...

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