JAMES v. STATE

No. 26449.

377 S.C. 81 (2008)

659 S.E.2d 148

Jonathan JAMES, Respondent, v. STATE of South Carolina, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided March 10, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, and Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, of Columbia, for Petitioner.

Evert Comer, Jr., of Denmark, for Respondent.


Chief Justice TOAL:

This is an appeal from a grant of post-conviction relief ("PCR") to Respondent Jonathan James. Respondent appeared in court for a plea hearing, and at the conclusion of the hearing, the plea court sentenced Respondent to seventeen years imprisonment. On collateral review, the PCR court found that Respondent never entered a plea of guilty and granted relief. This Court granted the State's request for a writ of certiorari. Because the record unequivocally...

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