THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Supreme Court

Robert Frasier,        Petitioner,

v.

State of South Carolina,        Respondent.

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI

Appeal From Charleston County
John Hamilton Smith, Trial Judge
Alexander S. Macaulay, Post-Conviction Judge

Opinion No. 25524
Heard March 5, 2002 - Filed September 3, 2002

AFFIRMED

Assistant Appellate Defender Eleanor Duffy Cleary, of South Carolina Office of Appellate Defense, of Columbia, for petitioner.

Attorney General Charles M. Condon, Chief Deputy Attorney Gene