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SATTERWHITE v. STATE

No. 24579.

325 S.C. 254 (1997)

481 S.E.2d 709

Rodney Dale SATTERWHITE, Respondent, v. STATE of South Carolina, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided February 18, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney General Charles Molony Condon, Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, and Assistant Attorney General Teresa A. Knox, Columbia, for petitioner.

Senior Assistant Appellate Defender Wanda H. Haile, of S.C. Office of Appellate Defense, Columbia, for respondent.

BURNETT, Justice:

In this post-conviction relief (PCR) proceeding, this Court granted the State's petition for certiorari to review the PCR court's finding counsel ineffective and respondent's plea involuntary because the plea was rendered out of fear respondent would remain in "lock-up." We reverse.

ISSUE

Is there any evidence which supports the PCR judge's conclusion that counsel was ineffective, thereby rendering respondent's plea involuntary...

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