Case Name: Marion Joey McCLARY, Petitioner, v. The STATE, Respondent
Court: Supreme Court of South Carolina
Jurisdiction: South Carolina
Decision Date: 1985-11-19
Citations: 287 S.C. 160
Docket Number: 
Parties: Marion Joey McCLARY, Petitioner, v. The STATE, Respondent.
Judges: Finney, J., not participating.
Reporter: South Carolina Reports
Volume: 287
Pages: 160–161

Head Matter:
Marion Joey McCLARY, Petitioner, v. The STATE, Respondent.
(337 S. E. (2d) 218)
Supreme Court
Nov. 19, 1985.

Opinion:
ORDER
This matter comes before the Court on a petition for a writ of certiorari after the denial of McClary's petition for post-conviction relief. The petition is denied.
We take this opportunity to clarify our holding in State v. Woods, 282 S. C. 18, 316 S. E. (2d) 673 (1984). In Woods, we held that our decision in State v. Elmore, 279 S. C. 417, 308 S. E. (2d) 781 (1983), would be applied retroactively. Adopting the reasoning of Shea v. Louisiana, 470 U. S. _, 105 S. Ct. 1065, 84 L.Ed. (2d) 38 (1985), we now hold that Elmore's retroactive effect will be limited to cases pending on direct appeal and will not apply to collateral attacks on criminal convictions.
Finney, J., not participating.