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GAINES v. STATE

No. 24956.

335 S.C. 376 (1999)

517 S.E.2d 439

Arlando GAINES, Respondent, v. STATE of South Carolina, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided June 21, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney General Charles M. Condon, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Teresa A. Knox, Assistant Attorney General Matthew M. McGuire, all of Columbia, for petitioner.

Chief Attorney Daniel T. Stacey, of South Carolina, Office of Appellate Defense, of Columbia, for respondent.

TOAL, Justice:

The State has petitioned for a writ of certiorari, contesting the Post-Conviction Relief ("PCR") court's grant of relief to Arlando Gaines ("Defendant") on the grounds that two of his three guilty pleas were not entered "voluntarily." We reverse the PCR court and reinstate Defendant's two guilty pleas.

FACTUAL/PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

The State indicted Defendant in November 1994 for two...

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