Legal Opinion

Roscoe v. State

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided April 30, 2001No. 25287PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI

WALLER, Justice:

We granted a writ of certiorari to review the denial of Lamarko Roscoe’s application for Post-Conviction Relief (PCR). We affirm.

FACTS

Roscoe pleaded guilty to kidnapping, armed robbery, and burglary in the first degree. 1 In exchange for his plea, charges of grand larceny, possession of a weapon during commission of a violent crime, and criminal conspiracy were nol prossed. 2 At the plea hearing, Roscoe was advised that he could get “as much as 70 years to life” for armed robbery, kidnapping and burglary in the first degree, and that, with the addition of…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Hill v. LockhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  2. Al-Shabazz v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2000
  3. State v. JohnstonSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1999
  4. Alexander v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1991
  5. Wolfe v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1997

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3Cited by13 opinions

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  4. Frasier v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2002
  5. Jackson v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2002

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