LOMAX v. STATE

No. 26525.

379 S.C. 93 (2008)

665 S.E.2d 164

Freddie Vernell LOMAX, Petitioner, v. STATE of South Carolina, Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided July 28, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Appellate Defender LaNelle C. DuRant, of South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense, Division 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, Assistant Attorney General Karen Ratigan, of Columbia, for Respondent.


Justice BEATTY:

In this post-conviction relief case, the Court granted certiorari to review the PCR judge's denial of relief for Freddie Vernell Lomax's plea of guilty to multiple drug offenses. In her petition, Lomax's (Petitioner's) sole contention is that the PCR judge erred in failing to find a conflict of interest existed when her plea counsel simultaneously represented both Petitioner and her husband during guilty pleas...

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