State v. Hunter

Full title: The STATE, Respondent v. Roy F. HUNTER, Appellant

Court: Supreme Court of South Carolina

Date published: Dec 4, 1989

386 S.E.2d 460 (S.C. 1989)

300 S.C. 83

Opinion

23106

Heard November 1, 1989.

Decided December 4, 1989.

Appeal from General Sessions Court, York County; Robert L. McFadden, Judge.

Mitchell K. Byrd, Rock Hill, and S.C. Office of Appellate Defense, Columbia, for appellant.

Atty. Gen. T. Travis Medlock, Asst. Attys. Gen. Harold M. Coombs, Jr., and Amie L. Clifford, Columbia, and Sol. William L. Ferguson, York, for respondent.

Heard Nov. 1, 1989.

Decided Dec. 4, 1989.

CHANDLER, Justice:Page 84

Appellant Roy F. Hunter (Hunter) contends the State failed to produce certain evidence required by Brady v. Maryland. ¹ We agree.

1 373 U.S. 83, 83 S.Ct., 1194, 10 L. Ed 2d 215 (1963).

Prior to the call of the case, Hunter filed a Brady motion. During trial, it was revealed that the State had not disclosed all information to which he was entitled. The State's failure to comply with Brady mandates reversal and a new trial.

Reversed and remanded.

GREGORY, C.J., and HARWELL, FINNEY and TOAL, JJ., concur.