Payne v. State

355 S.C. 642 (2003)

586 S.E.2d 857

Geoffrey R. PAYNE, Petitioner,

v.

STATE of South Carolina, Respondent.

No. 25719.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Submitted March 19, 2003.

Decided September 22, 2003.

Assistant Appellate Defender Aileen P. Clare, of Columbia, for Petitioner.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Chief, Capital & Collateral Litigation Donald J. Zelenka, and Assistant Deputy Attorney General Allen Bullard, all of Columbia, for Respondent.

Chief Justice TOAL:

Petitioner, Geoffrey Payne ("Payne") asserts that his counsel was ineffective…