Legal Opinion
Ard v. Catoe
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided March 5, 2007No. 26282PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Justice WALLER:
We granted the State’s petition for a writ of certiorari to review the grant of post-conviction relief (PCR) to respondent, Joseph Lee Ard, who was sentenced to death for killing his pregnant girlfriend, Madalyn Coffey, and their unborn son. We affirm the PCR court’s grant of a new trial based on ineffective assistance of trial counsel.
FACTS
On April 23, 1993, at approximately 5:30 a.m., Coffey died from a single gunshot wound to her forehead. She was 17 years old and 35 weeks pregnant at the time; the viable fetus died from a lack of oxygen. There were no eyewitnesses to the…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Wiggins v. Smith, WardenSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
- Cherry v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1989
- William Lee Thompson, Cross-Appellee v. Louie L. Wainwright, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1986
- David Hamblin v. Betty Mitchell, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2003
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3Cited by51 opinions
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