State v. Smith

357 S.C. 182 (2004)

592 S.E.2d 302

The STATE, Respondent,

v.

Dorothy SMITH, Petitioner.

No. 25771.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Heard June 10, 2003.

Decided January 20, 2004.

Assistant Appellate Defender Eleanor Duffy Cleary, of Columbia, for Petitioner.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, and Assistant Deputy Attorney General Charles H. Richardson, all of Columbia; and Solicitor J. Gregory Hembree, of Conway, for Respondent.

Justice PLEICONES:

We granted certiorari to review a decision of the Court of Appeals holding that the circuit court properly…