Supreme Court of South Carolina· 12/15/1997
Smith v. State
Citations
- 494 S.E.2d 626
- 329 S.C. 280
- 1997 S.C. LEXIS 219
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- unless counsel gives erroneous advice, parole information is not a ground for collateral attack of a guilty plea
- defendant is entitled to PCR if counsel actively misinforms the defendant about parole eligibility and the defendant can prove he relied on the misinformation in deciding to plead guilty
- even though parole eligibility is a collateral consequence of sentencing, if the defendant’s attorney undertakes to advise the defendant about parole eligibility and gives erroneous advice, then the plea may be collaterally attacked
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Judges: Toal, Finney, Moore, Waller, Burnett
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5 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Knox v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2000-04-24· cited 28×
- Roscoe v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2001-04-30· cited 16×
- Randall v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2004-01-12· cited 13×
- Frasier v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2002-09-03· cited 8×
- People v. SudduthColorado Court of Appeals· 1999-08-19· cited 4×
Cites
8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court· 1969-06-02· cited 12,640×
- Brown v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1991-12-09· cited 20×
- Dover v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1991-05-06· cited 18×
- State v. HazelSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1980-10-27· cited 17×
- Hinson v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1989-03-06· cited 17×
- Griffin v. MartinSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1983-02-17· cited 10×
- Hunter v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1994-07-05· cited 9×
- Simpson v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1995-02-13· cited 8×
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