Richardson v. State, No. 23785
| Court | United States State Supreme Court of South Carolina |
| Writing for the Court | HARWELL |
| Citation | 426 S.E.2d 795,310 S.C. 360 |
| Parties | Ezzard Cy RICHARDSON, Respondent, v. STATE of South Carolina, Petitioner. |
| Decision Date | 01 February 1993 |
| Docket Number | No. 23785 |
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v.
STATE of South Carolina, Petitioner.
Decided Feb. 1, 1993.
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[310 S.C. 361] Atty. Gen. T. Travis Medlock, Chief Deputy Attys. Gen. Donald J. Zelenka and Joseph D. Shine, Asst. Atty. Gen., Delbert H. Singleton, Jr., and Staff Atty., Teresa A. Knox, Columbia, for petitioner.
Chief Atty. Daniel T. Stacey, of the South Carolina Office of Appellate Defense, Columbia, for respondent.
HARWELL, Chief Justice:
We granted the State's petition for writ of certiorari to review the reversal of Ezzard Cy Richardson's (Richardson) guilty plea by the post-conviction relief (PCR) judge. The State contends that Richardson entered his guilty plea knowingly and voluntarily with effective assistance of counsel. We agree and reverse.
I. FACTS
Richardson was charged with criminal sexual conduct with [310 S.C. 362] a minor pursuant to S.C.Code Ann. § 16-3-655(3) (1985), punishable by twenty years imprisonment, and kidnapping. The solicitor erroneously believed that section 16-3-655(3) comprised third degree criminal sexual conduct, punishable by ten years imprisonment. Based on this misinterpretation, the solicitor offered a plea bargain whereby Richardson would plead guilty to "criminal sexual conduct with a minor, third degree" in exchange for dismissal of the kidnapping charge, which at the time carried a mandatory life sentence. See S.C.Code Ann. § 16-3-910 (1985).
Richardson's trial counsel was aware that section 16-3-655(3) comprised second degree criminal sexual conduct and that the crime identified by the solicitor did not exist. However, trial counsel did not correct the solicitor's mistaken interpretation of section 16-3-655(3) for fear of prejudicing his client.
At the plea hearing, the trial judge properly determined that section 16-3-655(3) authorized a maximum imprisonment of twenty years. The solicitor and trial counsel renegotiated the plea, and the solicitor offered to dismiss the kidnapping charge and recommend a ten year sentence cap in exchange for Richardson's guilty plea. Richardson accepted the amended plea bargain.
The trial judge rejected the solicitor's recommendation and imposed a fifteen year sentence. Richardson filed for post-conviction relief, claiming that his guilty plea was not entered with effective assistance of counsel. The PCR judge found that the plea hearing was a...
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