PLYLER v. STATE

23739

309 S.C. 408 (1992)

424 S.E.2d 477

James PLYLER, Petitioner v. STATE of South Carolina, Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Filed November 16, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Asst. Appellate Defender Joseph L. Savitz, III, South Carolina Office of Appellate Defense, Columbia, for petitioner.

Atty. Gen. T. Travis Medlock, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen. Donald J. Zelenka, and Asst. Atty. Gen. Teresa Nesbitt Cosby Columbia, for respondent.


We granted certiorari to review an Order denying Petitioner James Randall Plyler (Plyler) postconviction relief (PCR). We affirm.

Plyler was convicted of murder and armed robbery and sentenced to consecutive terms of life imprisonment and twenty-five years. This Court affirmed the sentences on direct appeal. State v. Plyler, Op. No. 85-MO-164 (S.C. Sup. Ct. filed July 1, 1985).

At the PCR hearing, Plyler alleged that trial counsel was ineffective for...

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