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STATE v. PHILLIPS

Opinion No. 27978.

430 S.C. 319 (2020)

844 S.E.2d 651

The STATE, Respondent, v. Billy PHILLIPS, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Filed June 3, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deputy Chief Appellate Defender Wanda H. Carter , of Columbia, for Petitioner.

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka , of Columbia; Solicitor Isaac McDuffie Stone, III , of Bluffton, all for Respondent.

Billy Phillips was convicted of murder and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime. At trial, a DNA analyst testified Phillips could not be excluded as a contributor to a mixture of DNA recovered from two samples taken from the crime scene. The analyst conceded, however, the statistical probability that some...

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