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SOUTH CAROLINA v. GATHERS

No. 88-305.

490 U.S. 805 (1989)

SOUTH CAROLINA v. GATHERS

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 12, 1989

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald J. Zelenka, Chief Deputy Attorney General of South Carolina, argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were T. Travis Medlock, Attorney General, and Charles M. Condon.

William Isaac Diggs argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was Joseph L. Savitz III.*

JUSTICE BRENNAN delivered the opinion of the Court.

Respondent Demetrius Gathers was convicted of murder and sentenced to death for the killing of Richard Haynes. The evidence at trial showed that Gathers and three companions encountered Haynes, a stranger to them, at a park bench one evening. When Haynes rebuffed Gathers' attempt to initiate a conversation, Gathers and his friends assaulted Haynes, beating and kicking him...

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