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STATE v. RUTLEDGE

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261 S.C. 44 (1973)

198 S.E.2d 250

The STATE, Respondent, v. Linda A. RUTLEDGE, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

July 18, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Albert Q. Taylor, Jr., of Leatherwood, Walker, Todd & Mann, and B.C. Thomason, Jr., of Love, Thornton, Arnold & Thomason, Greenville, for Appellant.

Messrs. Thomas W. Greene, Sol., of Greenville, Donald V. Myers, and Dudley Saleeby, Jr., Asst. Attys. Gen., of Columbia, for Respondent.

July 18, 1973.

BRAILSFORD, Justice:

Linda A. Rutledge appeals from her conviction of the murder of her husband, Frank Rutledge, by means of a hired assassin. She charges error in the refusal of a severance, in the admission and exclusion of evidence and in the instructions to the jury. The sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the conviction is manifest and goes unchallenged.

Frank Rutledge, while standing...

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