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HOLMAN v. STATE

No. 26609.

381 S.C. 491 (2009)

674 S.E.2d 171

Joseph HOLMAN, Petitioner, v. STATE of South Carolina, Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided March 9, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deputy Chief Appellate Defender Wanda H. Carter, 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 Lance S. Boozer, of Columbia, for Respondent.

Justice KITTREDGE.

We granted Holman's petition to review an order denying post-conviction relief (PCR) and now reverse, finding trial counsel deficient for failing to object to the introduction of wholly irrelevant and prejudicial evidence. Accordingly, we grant PCR relief in the form of a new trial.

Petitioner was charged with multiple offenses arising from a shooting incident at Voorhees College in Bamberg County, South Carolina, on the evening of January...

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