Dover v. State

304 S.C. 433 (1991)

405 S.E.2d 391

Robert Christopher DOVER, Respondent

v.

STATE of South Carolina, Petitioner.

23392

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Submitted May 23, 1990.

Decided May 6, 1991.

Atty. Gen. T. Travis Medlock, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen. Donald J. Zelenka, and Staff Atty. W. Teresa Nesbitt, Columbia, for petitioner.

Asst. Appellate Defender Joseph L. Savitz, III, Columbia, for respondent.

Submitted May 23, 1990.

Decided May 6, 1991.

TOAL, Justice:

In this post-conviction relief proceeding, the trial judge granted the defendant a new trial. Although we do not agree with the lower court's…