Hutto v. State

387 S.C. 244 (2010)

692 S.E.2d 196

Tommy HUTTO, Petitioner,

v.

STATE of South Carolina, Respondent.

No. 26796.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Heard October 8, 2009.

Decided April 5, 2010.

Deputy Chief Appellate Defender Wanda H. Carter, 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 Salley W. Elliott, Assistant Attorney General Mary S. Williams, of Columbia; and John Benjamin Aplin, of Columbia, for Respondent.

Chief Justice TOAL:

In this case, we…