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STATE v. CROWE

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258 S.C. 258 (1972)

188 S.E.2d 379

The STATE, Respondent, v. Niles CROWE and Horace Wright, Jr., Appellants.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

April 21, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marshall W. Abercrombie, Esq., of Laurens, for Appellant, Crowe.

William T. Jones, Esq., Sol., of Greenwood, for Respondent.

Richard T. Townsend, Esq., of Laurens, for Appellant, Wright.

William T. Jones, Esq., Sol., of Greenwood, for Respondent.

April 21, 1972.

LEWIS, Justice:

At a term of the General Sessions Court of Laurens County in August 1970, the appellants, Niles Crowe and Horace Wright, Jr., were convicted of the murder of James E. Spearman, a resident of Laurens County. Crowe received a death sentence; and Wright, upon a recommendation of mercy by the jury, was sentenced to life imprisonment. Both have appealed. The theory of the State's case against Crowe was that he fired the fatal shot...

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