HOPE v. STATE

No. 24695.

328 S.C. 78 (1997)

492 S.E.2d 76

Derrick Kernard HOPE, Petitioner/Respondent, v. STATE of South Carolina, Respondent/Petitioner.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided October 13, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wanda H. Haile, Senior Assistant Appellate Defender, South Carolina Office of Appellate Defense, Columbia, for petitioner/respondent.

Charles M. Condon, Attorney General, John W. McIntosh, Deputy Attorney General, Teresa A. Knox, Assistant Deputy Attorney General, and Matthew M. McGuire, Assistant Attorney General, Columbia, for respondent/petitioner.


WALLER, Justice:

In March 1987, a jury convicted Derrick Kernard Hope of assault to commit first degree criminal sexual conduct ("CSC") and first degree burglary. He filed for post-conviction relief attacking both convictions.1 After an evidentiary hearing, a judge denied relief regarding Hope's conviction for assault with intent to commit first degree CSC, and granted relief regarding his conviction...

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