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Thrift v. State

Citations

  • 397 S.E.2d 523
  • 302 S.C. 535
  • 1990 S.C. LEXIS 217

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  • holding petitioner’s appellate attorney’s testimony that she reviewed the issue petitioner requested that she raise on appeal and consciously decided not to brief the issue clearly supported the PCR court’s finding that appellate counsel was not ineffective
  • appellate counsel must provide effective assistance but need not raise every nonfrivolous issue presented by the record
  • appellate counsel must provide effective assistance but need not raise every nonfrivolous issue presented by the record
  • “[Ajppellate counsel is not required to raise every nonfrivolous issue that is presented by the record.”
  • “appellate counsel is not required to raise every nonfrivolous issue that is presented by the record.”
  • “[Ijmproper ‘pitting’ constitutes reversible error only if the accused was unfairly prejudiced.”

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Judges: Harwell, Gregory, Chandler, Finney, Toal

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