GRIFFIN v. STATE

No. 23909.

433 S.E.2d 862 (1993)

Roger D. GRIFFIN, Respondent, v. STATE of South Carolina, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided July 19, 1993.

Rehearing Denied August 17, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. T. Travis Medlock, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., Joseph D. Shine and Asst. Attys. Gen. Delbert H. Singleton, Jr. and Lisa Godwin Jefferson, Columbia, for petitioner.

Asst. Appellate Defender Robert M. Pachak, of SC Office of Appellate Defense, Columbia, for respondent.


TOAL, Justice:

The State appeals from an order granting Respondent's application for post-conviction relief. We AFFIRM.

Facts

The Respondent, Griffin, was indicted for murder in April 1984. On May 21, 1984, Griffin appeared before the court and entered a plea of guilty to voluntary manslaughter. Prior to the acceptance of the plea, the trial judge conducted a lengthy colloquy to determine the voluntariness of the plea. At the conclusion of the judge...

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