CARTRETTE v. STATE

No. 24139.

448 S.E.2d 553 (1994)

Billy Joe CARTRETTE, Respondent, v. STATE of South Carolina, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided August 15, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Joseph L. Savitz, III, Deputy Chief Atty. Office of Appellate Defense, Columbia, for respondent.


TOAL, Justice:

We granted certiorari to review the post conviction relief court's findings of ineffective assistance of counsel and granting of a new trial. We disagree and reverse.

FACTS

Jerry Coleman attempted to rob Henderson Wood of the daily proceeds from his convenience store as Wood was getting into his car. Coleman shot Wood once, killing him instantly. In March 1984, Respondent Cartrette, along with Coleman and Paul Eugene Long, was indicted...

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