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GILCHRIST v. STATE

No. 25973.

364 S.C. 173 (2005)

612 S.E.2d 702

Jimmy Gary GILCHRIST, Petitioner, v. STATE of South Carolina, Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided April 25, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Petitioner Jimmy Gary Gilchrist, pro se.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, and Assistant Attorney General Elizabeth R. McMahon, all of Columbia, for respondent.

Justice MOORE:

Petitioner was indicted for murder and convicted of voluntary manslaughter for the fatal shooting of twenty-three-year-old Thomas Wideman. Petitioner admitted shooting Wideman but claimed self-defense. After his conviction was affirmed on appeal,1 petitioner commenced this post-conviction relief (PCR) action. The PCR court denied relief. We granted a writ of certiorari to consider petitioner's allegations regarding ineffective...

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