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OLSON v. STATE

No. 24068.

443 S.E.2d 572 (1994)

Christopher G. OLSON, Respondent, v. STATE of South Carolina and Pickens County, South Carolina, Defendants, of which Pickens County, South Carolina is, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided May 9, 1994.

Rehearing Denied June 7, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Edward Welmaker, Pickens, for appellant.

Christopher G. Olson, Clemson, for respondent.

TOAL, Justice:

This appeal arises from the trial court's retroactive application of Bailey v. The State of South Carolina, ___ S.C. ___, 424 S.E.2d 503 (1992), to award attorney fees in excess of the State's statutory fee obligation for death penalty defense. We reverse.

FACTS

Christopher Olson was appointed in July 1991 to defend Larry Eugene Hall for a murder trial in which the State sought the death penalty...

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