DOVER v. STATE

23392

304 S.C. 433 (1991)

405 S.E.2d 391

Robert Christopher DOVER, Respondent v. STATE of South Carolina, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided May 6, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. T. Travis Medlock, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen. Donald J. Zelenka, and Staff Atty. W. Teresa Nesbitt, Columbia, for petitioner.

Asst. Appellate Defender Joseph L. Savitz, III, Columbia, for respondent.


Submitted May 23, 1990.

Decided May 6, 1991.

TOAL, Justice:

In this post-conviction relief proceeding, the trial judge granted the defendant a new trial. Although we do not agree with the lower court's reasoning, we affirm the result on other grounds appearing in the record. We find that Dover's guilty plea was not voluntarily and knowingly made; and, therefore, Dover is entitled to a new trial.

Robert C. Dover pled guilty to 29 indictments...

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