Yancey Thompson, Petitioner v. State of South Carolina, Respondent.

Summary

The South Carolina Supreme Court reversed the post‑conviction relief court’s denial of Yancey Thompson’s petition and remanded for a new trial, holding that trial counsel was deficient for failing to object to inadmissible hearsay and bolstering testimony and that Thompson proved prejudice from those errors. The Court applied a de novo review of the PCR court’s legal conclusions and found the record did not contain overwhelming evidence of guilt.