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SIMPSON v. STATE

No. 24196.

455 S.E.2d 175 (1995)

Jack SIMPSON, Jr., Respondent, v. STATE of South Carolina, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided February 13, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. T. Travis Medlock, Deputy Atty. Gen. J. Emory Smith, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen. Teresa Nesbitt Cosby, and Staff Atty. David K. Avant, Columbia, for petitioner.

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

WALLER, Judge:

We granted certiorari to review the grant of post-conviction relief (PCR) to respondent, Jack Simpson, Jr. We reverse.

FACTS

Simpson entered an Alford1 plea of guilty but mentally ill to, inter alia, first degree burglary. He took no direct appeal, but sought post-conviction relief (PCR) on the ground the plea was involuntary as it was entered upon the mistaken belief that he was pleading...

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