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PAYNE v. STATE

No. 25719.

355 S.C. 642 (2003)

586 S.E.2d 857

Geoffrey R. PAYNE, Petitioner, v. STATE of South Carolina, Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided September 22, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Assistant Appellate Defender Aileen P. Clare, of Columbia, for Petitioner.

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

Chief Justice TOAL:

Petitioner, Geoffrey Payne ("Payne") asserts that his counsel was ineffective for failing to object to counsel for codefendant's comment on Payne's right not to testify.

FACTUAL/PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Geoffrey Payne ("Payne") was convicted of murder and criminal conspiracy,1 and this Court affirmed his convictions on direct appeal. State v. Payne, Op. No...

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