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CHAFFEE v. STATE

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294 S.C. 88 (1987)

362 S.E.2d 875

Jonathan CHAFFEE, Petitioner v. STATE of South Carolina, Respondent. Dallas FERRELL, Petitioner v. James AIKEN, Warden, and the Attorney General of South Carolina, Respondents.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided November 30, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chief Attorney William Isaac Diggs of S.C. Office of Appellate Defense, Columbia, for petitioner Jonathan Chaffee.

David I. Bruck and S.C. Office of Appellate Defense, Columbia, for petitioner Dallas Ferrell.

Atty. Gen. T. Travis Medlock, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen. Donald J. Zelenka, and Asst. Atty. Gen. Frank L. Valenta, Jr., Columbia, for respondents.

Submitted Oct. 20, 1987.

Decided Nov. 30, 1987.

CHANDLER, Justice:

Certiorari was granted in these post-conviction relief cases to consider whether petitioners Chaffee and Ferrell, at trial, were unconstitutionally denied the right to present evidence of their adaptability to prison life. We reverse the judgments below, vacate the death sentences imposed, and remand for a new sentencing trial.

I. PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Chaffee and Ferrell...

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