SMITH v. STATE

No. 26405.

375 S.C. 507 (2007)

654 S.E.2d 523

James A. SMITH, Petitioner v. STATE of South Carolina, Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided December 10, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Appellate Defender Aileen P. Clare, of South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense, Division of Appellate Defense, Columbia, for petitioner.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, Assistant Attorney General Jeanette Van Ginhoven, of Columbia, for respondent.


ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI

Justice BEATTY:

Petitioner was convicted of two counts of murder. After his convictions were affirmed on direct appeal, Petitioner brought this action seeking post-conviction relief (PCR) on the grounds both his trial counsel and appellate counsel were ineffective. We granted certiorari to review the PCR judge's denial of relief to Petitioner. We affirm.

FACTUAL/PROCEDURAL HISTORY

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