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MOORE v. STIRLING

Opinion No. 28088.

Richard Bernard Moore, Petitioner, v. Bryan P. Stirling, Commissioner, South Carolina Department of Corrections, Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Filed April 6, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lindsey Sterling Vann and Hannah L. Freeman , both of Justice 360, of Columbia; Gerald Malloy , of Malloy Law Firm, of Hartsville; John H. Blume, III , of Cornell Law School, of Ithaca, NY; and Whitney Boykin Harrison , of McGowan Hood & Felder, LLC, of Columbia; all for Petitioner.

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson , Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka , Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Melody Jane Brown , and Senior Assistant Attorney General W. Edgar Salter III , all of Columbia, for Respondent.

William Norman Nettles , of Law Office of Bill Nettles, of Columbia, for Amicus Curiae NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.

Richard Bernard Moore ("Moore") filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus challenging the proportionality of the death sentence that was imposed for his murder conviction. The Court ordered briefing and granted Moore's motion to argue against the precedent of State v. Copeland, 278 S.C. 572

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