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STATE v. FOSSICK

No. 24849.

333 S.C. 66 (1998)

508 S.E.2d 32

The STATE, Respondent, v. James FOSSICK, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided November 9, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Assistant Appellate Defender M. Anne Pearce, of S.C. Office of Appellate Defense, of Columbia, for appellant.

Attorney General Charles Molony Condon; Assistant Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka; Assistant Attorney General Robert F. Daley, Jr., and Solicitor Warren B. Giese, all of Columbia, for respondent.

MOORE, Justice:

Appellant was convicted in 1986 for the murder of Marilee Whitten. This Court affirmed by memorandum opinion in 1987 but subsequently reversed the denial of post-conviction relief. Fossick v. State, 317 S.C. 375, 453 S.E.2d 899 (1995) (counsel ineffective for failing to object to solicitor's argument regarding lack of remorse). Appellant was re-tried in May 1996, convicted, and sentenced to life imprisonment...

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