Mahdi v. State

383 S.C. 135 (2009)

678 S.E.2d 807

Mikal D. MAHDI, Petitioner,

v.

STATE of South Carolina, Respondent.

No. 26671.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Heard February 18, 2009.

Decided June 15, 2009.

Appellate Defender Kathrine H. Hudgins, of South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense, of Columbia, for Petitioner.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka, and Assistant Attorney General J. Anthony Mabry, all of Columbia, and Solicitor David Michael Pascoe, Jr., of Orangeburg, for Respondent.

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