Davis v. State

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CITED OR RELIED ON AS PRECEDENT IN ANY PROCEEDING
EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 268(d)(2), SCACR.

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals

Tamel Davis, Petitioner,

v.

State of South Carolina, Respondent.

Appellate Case No. 2010-157967

Appeal From Richland County
L. Casey Manning, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2013-UP-214
Submitted April 1, 2013 – Filed May 22, 2013

AFFIRMED

Appellate Defender Kathrine Haggard Hudgins, of
Columbia, for Petitioner.

Assistant Attorney General Brian T. Petrano, of
Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Petitioner seeks a writ of certiorari from the denial of his
application for post-conviction relief (PCR).
Because sufficient evidence supports the PCR judge's finding Petitioner entitled to
a belated appeal, we grant certiorari on Petitioner's Question One and proceed with
a review of the direct appeal issue pursuant to Davis v. State, 288 S.C. 290, 342
S.E.2d 60 (1986).

We affirm pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following authorities: S.C.
Code Ann. § 17-25-45(H) (2003 & Supp. 2012) ("Where the solicitor is required to
seek or determines to seek sentencing of a defendant under [the recidivist statute],
written notice must be given by the solicitor to the defendant and defendant's
counsel not less than ten days before trial."); James v. State, 372 S.C. 287, 294,
641 S.E.2d 899, 903 (2007) ("The purpose of [section] 17-25-45(H) is to [ensure] a
defendant and his counsel have actual notice that the State is seeking a sentence
under the recidivist statute at least ten days prior to trial." (emphasis added))
(overruling Johnson v. State, 347 S.C. 67, 552 S.E.2d 339 (Ct. App. 2001) (holding
defendant's actual notice of State's intention to seek life sentence did not meet
notice requirements of recidivist sentencing statute)).

As to Question Two and Question Three, after careful consideration, we deny the
petition.

AFFIRMED.1

HUFF, WILLIAMS, and KONDUROS, JJ., concur.

1
We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.