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WINKLER v. STATE

Opinion No. 27685.

418 S.C. 643 (2016)

795 S.E.2d 686

Louis Michael WINKLER, Jr., Respondent, v. STATE of South Carolina, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Filed November 23, 2016.

Rehearing Denied February 9, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney General Alan Wilson , Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh , Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka , Assistant Attorney General J. Anthony Mabry and Assistant Attorney General Alphonso Simon, Jr. , all of Columbia, for Petitioner.

Emily C. Paavola , of Justice 360, of Columbia, and John R. Mills , of San Francisco, California, for Respondent.

This is a post-conviction relief (PCR) action arising out of Louis Michael Winkler, Jr.'s murder conviction and death sentence. We reverse the PCR court's ruling that trial counsel was ineffective in the sentencing phase of Winkler's trial for not objecting when the trial court did not answer the jury's questions about the consequences...

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