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South Carolina Supreme Court Grants New Trial Based on IAC Because of Botched Alibi Defense

by Dale Chappell

A unanimous Supreme Court of South Carolina held that trial counsel was constitutionally ineffective for failing to present specific details of an alibi defense that the Court said undermined the confidence in the outcome of the trial and remanded for a new trial.

The case started when ...

 

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