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STATE v. WATKINS

No. 27334.

406 S.C. 360 (2013)

752 S.E.2d 261

The STATE, Petitioner, v. Robert WATKINS, Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided December 4, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Assistant Attorney General William M. Blitch, Jr. , both of Columbia, and William Walter Wilkins, III , of Greenville, for Petitioner.

Appellate Defender David Alexander of Columbia, for Respondent.

Justice PLEICONES.

We granted certiorari to review a Court of Appeals decision that reversed respondent's convictions for armed robbery and possession of a weapon during a violent crime. State v. Watkins, Op. No. 2011-UP-091 (S.C. Ct.App. filed March 8, 2011). The Court of Appeals purported to adopt a rule1 requiring that a trial "judge must grant a recusal motion made during a new trial arising from a [post-conviction relief] hearing...

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