STATE v. BENNETT

No. 26174.

369 S.C. 219 (2006)

632 S.E.2d 281

The STATE, Respondent, v. Johnny O'Landis BENNETT, Jr., Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided June 26, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Assistant Appellate Defender Robert M. Dudek and Assistant Appellate Defender Aileen P. Claire, both of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka, and Senior Assistant Attorney General William Edgar Salter, III, all of Columbia, and Donald V. Myers, of Lexington, for Respondent.


Chief Justice TOAL.

This is an appeal from a capital sentencing proceeding. Appellant contends the trial court committed three errors warranting reversal. First, the trial court refused to allow defense counsel to ask jurors whether they would "stick with their vote or go with the majority" during voir dire. Second, the trial court determined that certain testimony and evidence about a prior offense was not inadmissible...

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