Holman v. State

We granted Holman’s petition to review an order denying post-conviction relief (PCR) and now reverse, finding trial counsel deficient for failing to object to the introduction of wholly irrelevant and prejudicial evidence. Accordingly, we grant PCR relief in the form of a new trial.

Petitioner was charged with multiple offenses arising from a shooting incident at Voorhees College in Bamberg County, South Carolina, on the evening of January 21, 2000, which spilled over into the early morning hours of the following day. Petitioner was alleged to be the shooter. Because Petitioner was seventeen…