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MATHIS v. STATE

No. 25684.

355 S.C. 87 (2003)

584 S.E.2d 366

Robert L. MATHIS, Jr., Petitioner, v. STATE of South Carolina, Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided July 28, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Assistant Appellate Defender Robert M. Dudek, Office of Appellate Defense, of Columbia, for petitioner.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Chief Capital and Collateral Litigation Attorney Donald J. Zelenka, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Allen Bullard, and Assistant Attorney General Douglas E. Leadbitter, all of Columbia, for respondent.

Chief Justice TOAL:

Petitioner, Robert L. Mathis ("Petitioner"), challenges his first degree burglary conviction alleging that the circuit court lacked subject matter jurisdiction to convict him. In the alternative, Petitioner argues that the Court of Appeals erred in affirming the circuit court's dismissal of his petition for writ of habeas corpus.

FACTUAL/PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Petitioner was convicted in absentia of first-degree burglary...

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