Floyd v. State

Per Curium:

This is a post-conviction relief matter. The post-conviction relief judge, who also presided at petitioner’s trial, denied pe titioner’s application for post-conviction relief. We requested the parties to brief the issue whether this Court should modify or overrule its holding in Henry v. State, 275 S.C. 148, 268 S.E. (2d) 41 (1980), that it was permissible for a judge to preside at both a trial and subsequent post-conviction proceeding involving the same criminal matter. We now grant the petition for a writ of certiorari and dispense with further briefing. Further, we overrule…