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Ford v. State

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided March 21, 1994No. 24037PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Harwell, Chief Justice:

We granted certiorari to review the dismissal of Stacey Ford’s (Ford) application for postconviction relief (PCR). Ford contends that the PCR judge erred in finding that he received effective assistance of counsel. We disagree and affirm.

I. FACTS

Ford was arrested and indicted for conspiracy, kidnapping, and first-degree criminal sexual conduct. At trial, the victim testified that shortly after 1:00 a.m. on November 1,1987, she was riding home from a nightclub with Archie Fraser (Fraser) when a man wearing a rubber Halloween mask rose out of the back seat. The man…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. State v. FordSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1990
  3. Geter v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1991
  4. Riddle v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1992

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Smalls v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2018
  2. Skakel v. Comm'r of Corr.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 2018
  3. Commonwealth v. JonesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2019
  4. Roseboro v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1995
  5. Maurice Hope v. Warden CartledgeCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2017

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