BURGESS v. STATE

No. 24746.

329 S.C. 88 (1998)

495 S.E.2d 445

David L. BURGESS, II, Petitioner, v. STATE of South Carolina, Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided January 12, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deputy Chief Attorney Joseph L. Savitz, III, of the South Carolina Office of Appellate Defense, Columbia, for petitioner.

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


WALLER, Justice:

This Court granted certiorari to review the denial of petitioner's application for post-conviction relief.

Petitioner was convicted of first degree criminal sexual conduct and kidnapping. He was sentenced to consecutive terms of thirty years and life imprisonment.

Petitioner chose to testify at his trial. While the solicitor was cross-examining petitioner, he asked petitioner to explain why the victim identified him as the person who...

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