Webb v. State

• Decision Date: 04 April 1984
• Docket Number: No. 22077,22077
• Citation: Webb v. State, 281 S.C. 237, 314 S.E.2d 839 (S.C. 1984)
• Parties: Robert Michael WEBB, Respondent, v. STATE of South Carolina, Appellant.
• Court: South Carolina Supreme Court

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314 S.E.2d 839

281 S.C. 237

Robert Michael WEBB, Respondent, v.STATE of South Carolina, Appellant.

No. 22077.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Submitted March 20, 1984.

Decided April 4, 1984.

Atty. Gen. T. Travis Medlock, Retired Atty. Gen. Daniel R. McLeod and Asst. Atty. Gen. Donald J. Zelenka, Columbia, for appellant.

W. Gaston Fairey; and S.C. Office of Appellate Defense, Columbia, for respondent.

HARWELL, Justice:

The State appeals from the grant of post-conviction relief to respondentRobert Michael Webb.We affirm.

This is the first petition for certiorari granted under Rule 50(9) of the Rules of this Court.Therefore, we shall set forth the scope of review and other procedural considerations which apply to these appeals.The appropriate scope of review is that "any evidence" of probative value to support the post-conviction judge's factual findings is sufficient to uphold those findings on appeal.Griffin v. Warden, 277 S.C. 288, 286 S.E.2d 145(1982), cert. denied, 459 U.S. 942, 103 S.Ct. 255, 74 L.Ed.2d 199(1982).Review under this procedure is a review on the merits without oral argument.SeeSaunders v. Reynolds, 214 Va. 697, 204 S.E.2d 421(1974).When a petition for certiorari under Rule 50(9) is granted, we shall advance on the docket and give preference to the appeal.

The trial court's grant of post-conviction relief was proper under McDuffie v. State, 276 S.C. 229, 277 S.E.2d 595(1981)andCarafas v. La Vallee, 391 U.S. 234, 88 S.Ct. 1556, 20 L.Ed.2d 554(1968).We affirm his order under Supreme Court Rule 23.

AFFIRMED.

LITTLEJOHN, C.J., NESS and GREGORY, JJ., and PAUL M. MOORE, as Acting Associate Justice, concur.