Dator v. State

PER CURIAM

Appellate Defender Robert M. Pachak, of Columbia, for Petitioner.

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, and Assistant Attorney General Ashleigh Rayanna Wilson, all of Columbia, for Respondent. PER CURIAM : In this post-conviction relief (PCR) action, this court granted a writ of certiorari to review the denial of Petitioner's PCR claim. Petitioner contends trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance of counsel by failing to make a Confrontation Clause objection when the State presented a witness to testify by telephone. We affirm, pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following authorities: Moore v. State, 399 S.C. 641, 646, 732 S.E.2d 871, 873 (2012) ("The burden is on the applicant in a PCR proceeding to prove the allegations in his application."); Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 687 (1984) (noting that in addition to deficient performance, a Petitioner must also prove "the deficient performance prejudiced the defense"); Goins v. State, 397 S.C. 568, 575, 726 S.E.2d 1, 4 (2010) (holding a PCR claim failed despite trial counsel's deficient performance because Petitioner failed to prove prejudice).