Legal Opinion
Whetsell v. State
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided May 13, 1981No. 21449PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Gregory, Justice:
The State appeals the granting of post conviction relief to respondents on the ground their attorney’s failure to make a motion to suppress evidence constituted ineffective assistance of counsel. We reverse.
Respondents pled guilty in General Sessions Court for Charleston County on October 5, 1978 to five (5) indictments charging them with housebreaking and grand larceny. They received three consecutive and two concurrent six (6) year sentences for a total of eighteen (18) years.
The events leading to respondents’ guilty pleas began when they, riding in respondent Whetsell’s…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Brady v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- McMann v. RichardsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Stone v. PowellSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Rivers v. StricklandSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1975
- State v. FullerSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1970
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Ramdass v. AngeloneSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Young v. CatoeCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2000
- Harres v. LeekeSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1984
- State v. TruesdaleSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1982
- Johnson v. CatoeSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1999
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