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EVANS v. STATE

No. 25963.

363 S.C. 495 (2005)

611 S.E.2d 510

George Allen EVANS, Petitioner, v. STATE of South Carolina, Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided April 4, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Martin Foster, of Rock Hill, and the South Carolina Office of Appellate Defense, of Columbia, for Petitioner.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, and Assistant Attorney General Lakesha Jeffries, all of Columbia, for Respondent.

Justice BURNETT.

We granted George Allen Evans' (Petitioner's) petition for a writ of certiorari to decide whether a criminal defendant has the right to obtain documents pertaining to the impanelment of the state grand jury which indicted him. We conclude a defendant has a right to obtain such documents. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

FACTS/PROCEDURAL POSTURE

Petitioner was tried in his absence...

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