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276 S.C. 213

Greene v. State

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided April 20, 1981

Supreme Court of South Carolina · decided 1981-04-20

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently September 2016

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Decided 1981-04-20

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Per Curiam:

¶1Respondent Clara W. Greene was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. The State appeals from an order granting respondent’s application for postconviction relief. We reverse.

¶2The trial court vacated the sentence and ordered a new trial holding respondent had been denied the effective assistance of counsel.

¶3On appeal from an order granting post-conviction relief, our review is limited to whether there is any evidence to support the trial court’s findings of fact. Davis v. State, S. C., 265 S. E. (2d) 679 (1980). We have reviewed the record of respondent’s trial and post-conviction relief hearing and conclude there is no evidence of probative value supporting the trial court’s finding of ineffective assist-*215anee of counsel. The order vacating respondent’s sentence is reversed and the sentence reinstated.

¶4Reversed.

Littlejohn and Gregory, JJ., dissent.
Littlejohn and Gregory, JJ.

¶5(dissenting) :

¶6Inasmuch as a review of the record convinces us that there is evidence of probative value supporting the trial judge’s findings, we respectfully dissent and would affirm the order of the special circuit judge.

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