HORRY COUNTY, SC (WMBF) - The woman convicted in a high-profile missing person case in Horry County wants a new trial.
Documents show that Tammy Moorer filed post-conviction relief on Thursday.
Juries found Tammy and her husband, Sidney Moore, guilty of kidnapping Heather Elvis in 2013.
They are both serving 30-year prison sentences.
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Her husband also filed a post-conviction relief application earlier this year, asking for a new trial in a different county and/or a sentence relative to his criminal history, character statements, and lack of evidence in the crime.
Fifteenth Judicial Circuit Solicitor Jimmy Richardson said post-conviction relief requests aren’t uncommon and they are a part of the appeals process.
“We see it all the time, we see it every day of every week,” Richardson said.
Richardson added that most of these requests are also not granted.
https://www.wmbfnews.com/2025/10/06/woman-convicted-kidnapping-heather-elvis-requests-new-trial/
Most PCR's, Post Conviction Reliefs, are denied. 90 % plus.


