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Padgett v. State

Citations

  • 484 S.E.2d 101
  • 324 S.C. 22
  • 1997 S.C. LEXIS 73

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  • noting, under S.C.Code Ann. § 16-11-10, “dwelling” is defined as “any building in which a person sleeps or lodges and all other buildings within two hundred yards of it”
  • finding trial counsel’s failure to challenge first-degree burglary indictment did not constitute valid trial strategy where counsel did not recognize the dis tinction between a “barn” and a “dwelling” for the purposes of first-degree burglary
  • this Court will not uphold the findings of the PCR judge if there is no probative evidence to support them

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Judges: Burnett, Finney, Toal, Moore, Waller

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