Title: Splawn v. State

State: south-carolina

Issuer: South Carolina Supreme Court

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THIS OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE. IT SHOULD NOT BE CITED OR RELIED ON AS PRECEDENT IN ANY PROCEEDING EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 239(d)(2), SCACR. THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Supreme Court William Splawn, Petitioner, v. State of South Carolina, Respondent. Appeal from Spartanburg County Larry R. Patterson, Circuit Court Judge ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI Memorandum Opinion No. 2006-MO-033 Submitted September 20, 2006 Filed October 23, 2006 AFFIRMED Aileen P. Clare, of South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense, Division of Appellate Defense, of Columbia, for petitioner. Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, and Assistant Attorney General Molly R. Crum, all of Columbia, for respondent. PER CURIAM: Affirmed pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following authorities: Rhodes v. State, 349 S.C. 25, 561 S.E.2d 606 (2002) (to prove counsel was ineffective, applicant must show there is a reasonable probability that, but for counsel's errors, the result of the trial would have been different); Direct Appeal Issue 1: Fernanders v. State, 359 S.C. 130, 597 S.E.2d 787 (2004) (crime of violence); Issue 2: State v. Lowry, 315 S.C. 396, 434 S.E.2d 272 (1993) (voluntary manslaughter properly submitted as alternative to murder or self-defense). TOAL, C.J., MOORE, WALLER, BURNETT and PLEICONES, JJ., concur.