State v. Benjamin

353 S.C. 441 (2003)

579 S.E.2d 289

The STATE, Respondent,

v.

Franklin BENJAMIN, Petitioner.

No. 25572.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Heard May 30, 2002.

Decided January 13, 2003.

Reheard April 2, 2003.

Refiled April 7, 2003.

Katherine Carruth Link, and the South Carolina Office of Appellate Defense, all of Columbia, for Petitioner.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Charles H. Richardson, and Senior Assistant Attorney General Harold M. Coombs, Jr., all of Columbia; and Walter M. Bailey, Jr., of Summerville, for…