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STATE v. CHASTEEN

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228 S.C. 88 (1955)

88 S.E.2d 880

THE STATE, Respondent, v. MARVIN H. CHASTEEN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

August 24, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Frank E. Harrison, of McCormick, and Felix L. Finley, Jr., of Pickens, for Appellant.

Hubert E. Long, Esq., Solicitor, of Leesville, for Respondent.

August 24, 1955.

OXNER, Justice.

Upon an indictment charging him with the murder of Roy Wiggins on November 5, 1953, appellant was tried at the June, 1954, term of the Court of General Sessions of McCormick County. He was found guilty and sentenced to death by electrocution.

By the first two exceptions appellant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the verdict. This question was timely raised in the Court below by a motion for a directed...

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