McHAM v. STATE

No. 27287.

404 S.C. 465 (2013)

746 S.E.2d 41

Gregory McHAM, Petitioner, v. STATE of South Carolina, Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided July 17, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Appellate Defender Kathrine Haggard Hudgins , of South Commission on Indigent Defense, of Columbia, for Petitioner.

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson , Chief Deputy, Attorney General John W. McIntosh , Assistant Deputy, Attorney General Salley W. Elliott , and Assistant, Attorney General Suzanne Hollifield White , all of Columbia, for Respondent.


Justice BEATTY.

We granted certiorari to review the denial of Gregory McHam's application for post-conviction relief (PCR). McHam contends he received ineffective assistance of trial counsel because counsel failed to renew an in limine motion to suppress drug evidence. McHam asserts his Fourth Amendment rights were violated when an officer at a traffic checkpoint opened the passenger's side door of the vehicle he was driving, which revealed a package of crack...

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