Jones v. State

THIS OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE. IT SHOULD NOT BE CITED OR RELIED ON AS PRECEDENT IN ANY PROCEEDING EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 239(d)(2), SCACR. THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Supreme Court David Jones, Respondent, v. State of South Carolina, Petitioner. ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI Appeal from Pickens County Larry R. Patterson, Post-Conviction Judge Memorandum Opinion No. 2009-MO-008 Submitted January 22, 2009 – Filed February 23, 2009 REVERSED Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, and Assistant Attorney General Karen Ratigan, all of Columbia, for Petitioner. Deputy Chief Appellate Defender Wanda H. Carter, of South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense, Division of Appellate Defense, of Columbia, for Respondent. PER CURIAM: We granted the State’s petition to review an order granting respondent post-conviction relief (PCR) and now reverse, finding no evidence in the record to support the PCR judge’s findings that respondent’s trial attorney was ineffective. Miller v. State, 379 S.C. 108, 665 S.E.2d 596 (2008) (standards for ineffective assistance of counsel and for appellate review). REVERSED. TOAL, C.J., WALLER, PLEICONES, BEATTY and KITTREDGE, JJ., concur.