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NANCE v. OZMINT

No. 26101.

367 S.C. 547 (2006)

626 S.E.2d 878

Robert Lee NANCE, Petitioner, v. Jon E. OZMINT, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections, Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided January 30, 2006.

Rehearing Denied March 8, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Teresa L. Norris, of Center for Capital Litigation, and William Norman Nettles, both of Columbia, for Petitioner.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka, and Senior Assistant Attorney General William Edgar Salter, III, of Columbia, for Respondent.

Chief Justice TOAL:

Robert Lee Nance (Petitioner), sentenced to death for murder, appealed from the post-conviction relief (PCR) court's denial of his application for relief. This Court held that the manner in which Petitioner's trial counsel investigated, planned, and conducted his defense constituted a classic example of a complete breakdown in the adversarial process. As a result, this Court granted Petitioner a new trial. However, the United States Supreme Court...

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