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SAMUELS v. STATE

No. 25770.

356 S.C. 635 (2004)

591 S.E.2d 606

Joseph A. SAMUELS, Petitioner, v. STATE of South Carolina, Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided January 12, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tara Dawn Shurling, of Columbia, for petitioner.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Chief, Capital and Collateral Litigation Donald J. Zelenka, Assistant Deputy Attorney General B. Allen Bullard, Jr., and Assistant Attorney General David Spencer, of Columbia, for respondent.

Justice MOORE:

We granted certiorari to determine whether the post-conviction relief (PCR) court erred by finding the trial court did not lack subject matter jurisdiction to convict petitioner and by finding appellate counsel was not ineffective for failing to appeal the denial of petitioner's directed verdict motion at trial. We affirm.

ISSUE I

Was there subject matter jurisdiction to convict petitioner?

DISCUSSION

Petitioner was...

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