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STATE v. PETERSON

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255 S.C. 579 (1971)

180 S.E.2d 341

The STATE, Respondent, v. Frank PETERSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

April 5, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Franklin D. Beattie, Jr., and Thomas F. Allgood, of Aiken, for Appellant.

Messrs. Daniel R. McLeod, Atty. Gen., Emmet H. Clair, John P. Wilson, Asst. Attys. Gen., of Columbia, L.A. Williamson, Esq., Solicitor, of Aiken, and Randolph Murdaugh, Esq., Acting Solicitor, of Hampton, for Respondent.

April 5, 1971.

MOSS, Chief Justice.

The appellant, Frank Peterson, was tried at the 1969 May Term of the Court of General Sessions for Aiken County under an indictment charging him with the murder of Isadore Williams, Sr. on June 12, 1968. The appellant was found guilty of manslaughter and was sentenced to imprisonment for a term of fifteen years. This appeal followed.

The first contention of the appellant...

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