Gladden v. State

Davis Adv. Sh. No. 11
S.E.2d
THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Supreme Court

 
Charles Gladden,                     Petitioner,

 
v.

 
State of South Carolina,                     Respondent.

 
ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI

 
Appeal From Cherokee County
E.C. Burnett, III, Trial Judge
J. Derham Cole, Post-Conviction Judge

 
Opinion No. 24600
Submitted February 20, 1997 - Filed April 14, 1997

 
REVERSED AND REMANDED

 
Lisa T. Gregory, Assistant Appellate Defender, South Carolina Office of Appellate Defense, of Columbia, for petitioner.

 
Charles Molony Condon, Attorney General, John W. McIntosh, Deputy Attorney General, and Teresa Nesbitt Cosby, Assistant Deputy Attorney General, of Columbia, for respondent.

 
Per Curiam: Reversed and remanded pursuant to Rule 220(b)(1), SCACR, and the following authority: Clark v. State, __ S.C. __, 468 S.E.2d 653 (1996) (rulings of PCR judge will not be upheld where no evidence exists to support them).

p. 11 GLADDEN v. STATE /s/       Ernest A. Finney, Jr.         C.J.

/s/       Jean H. Toal                        A.J.

/s/       James E. Moore                  A.J.

/s/       John H. Waller, Jr.              A.J.

(Burnett, A.J., not participating)

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