State Ex Rel. Myers v. Painter

In this appeal from the Circuit Court of Berkeley County, the appellant contends that the circuit court erred in refusing to grant the appellant a writ of habeas corpus. After reviewing the record, we conclude that the appellant was prejudiced by ineffective assistance of counsel in his underlying criminal trial. Furthermore, we find error in that the circuit judge to whom the underlying criminal case was assigned deemed himself disqualified and then improperly appointed another circuit judge to hear the case.

We reverse the circuit court’s order denying the appellant’s requested writ of…