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KELLY, WILLIAM A. v. SOUTH CAROLINA (22944)
Order dated: 06/25/01Docket number: 00-9280
Action:
The motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and the petition for a writ of certiorari are granted.
KELLY, WILLIAM A. v. SOUTH CAROLINA (22944)
Order dated: 10/01/01Docket number: 00-9280
Action:
The motion for appointment of counsel is granted and it is ordered that David I. Bruck, Esquire, of Columbia, South Carolina, is appointed to serve as counsel for the petitioner in this case.
A description of the questions presented by the case has been prepared:
Whether the South Carolina court's refusal to inform petitioner's sentencing jury that he would never be eligible for parole if the jury sentenced him to life imprisonment rather than to death violated Simmons v. South Carolina, 512 U.S. 154 (1994).
An opinion has been handed down: