Wicker v. State

Finney, Justice:

This Court granted certiorari to review the circuit court’s denial of postconviction relief (PCR) to Petitioner Bennie Wicker, Jr. We have reviewed the trial record pursuant to Davis v. State, 288 S.C. 290, 342 S.E. (2d) 60 (1986), and White v. State, 263 S.C. 110, 208 S.E. (2d) 35 (1974). After fully considering the entire record, briefs of the parties and the applicable law, we affirm.

Davis v. State, supra, promulgates procedural guidelines for review of PCR cases in which a petitioner’s knowing and intelligent waiver of the right to direct appeal is at issue. Under an…