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SIMS v. STATE

No. 23962.

438 S.E.2d 253 (1993)

Jerry SIMS, Petitioner, v. STATE of South Carolina, Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided December 6, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold R. Lowery, Anderson, and South Carolina Office of Appellate Defense, Columbia, for petitioner.

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

TOAL, Justice.

This Court granted certiorari to consider PCR petitioner's direct appeal pursuant to Davis v. State, 288 S.C. 290, 342 S.E.2d 60 (1986).

Facts

Sims was indicted in Anderson County in July 1987 for the murder of a young woman. At the conclusion of jury selection, a competency hearing was held by Judge James B. Stephen. After hearing the testimony of several expert...

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