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STATE v. GILCHRIST

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253 S.C. 23 (1969)

168 S.E.2d 779

The STATE, Respondent, v. Samuel L. GILCHRIST, III, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

July 1, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Falcon B. Hawkins and James A. Stuckey, Jr., of Charleston, for Appellant.

Messrs. Robert B. Wallace and A. Arthur Rosenblum, Assistant Solicitors, of Charleston, for Respondent.

Messrs. Falcon B. Hawkins and James A. Stuckey, Jr., of Charleston, for Appellant, in Reply.

July 1, 1969.

BRAILSFORD, Justice.

The defendant, Samuel L. Gilchrist, III, on April 4, 1964, in the City of Charleston, killed one Christopher Polite by shooting him repeatedly with a .38 caliber revolver. He was tried at the May, 1966, term of the Court of General Sessions, was convicted of manslaughter and was sentenced to serve a term of fifteen years. Gilchrist was represented at his trial by J. Louis Lempesis...

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