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HARRIS v. STATE

No. 25646.

354 S.C. 382 (2003)

581 S.E.2d 154

Clifton E. HARRIS, Respondent, v. STATE of South Carolina, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided May 5, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney General Charles M. Condon, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General B. Allen Bullard, Jr., and Assistant Attorney General William Bryan Dukes, all of Columbia, for petitioner.

Assistant Appellate Defender Tara S. Taggart, of S.C. Office of Appellate Defense, of Columbia, for respondent.

Chief Justice TOAL:

Petitioner asks this court to review the post-conviction relief ("PCR") judge's grant of Respondent's PCR application on the grounds that Respondent's trial counsel failed to object to the trial judge's refusal to charge voluntary manslaughter.

Factual/Procedural Background

On August 3, 1979, Harold Medlin ("Harold") drove over to Dorothy Roberts' ("Dorothy") home to pick up a refrigerator. Harold's ex-wife, Linda Jean Medlin...

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