Ervin McMILLIAN, Petitioner,
v.
STATE of South Carolina, Respondent.
Supreme Court of South Carolina.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Submitted April 22, 2009.
Decided July 20, 2009.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Appellate Defender Robert M. Pachak, of South Carolina Office of Indigent Defense, of Columbia, for Petitioner.
Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley E. Elliott, and Assistant Attorney General Brian T. Petrano, all of Columbia, for Respondent.
Supreme Court of South Carolina.
Justice BEATTY:
Ervin McMillian1 filed a petition for a writ of certiorari seeking review of an order denying his application for post-conviction relief (PCR). We granted the petition to decide the following question: Was counsel ineffective for advising McMillian that the intent to commit a crime could be inferred from the act of trespassing, such that it would provide a factual basis to support a plea to first-degree burglary? We hold...
Let's get started
Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting Sign on now to see your case. Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.
Updated daily.
Uncompromising quality.
Complete, Accurate, Current.
Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full
text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.
Cited Cases
No Cases Found
Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the
full text of the citing case.
