STATE v. PRUITT

19617

260 S.C. 396 (1973)

196 S.E.2d 107

The STATE, Respondent, v. Allen Carroll PRUITT, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

April 19, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Henry W. Kirkland, and Theodore W. Law, Jr., of Columbia, for Appellant.

Messrs. John H. Nolen, Sol., and Milton A. Smith, Asst. Sol., of Spartanburg, for Respondent.

Messrs. Henry W. Kirkland, and Theodore W. Law, Jr., of Columbia, for Appellant, in Reply.


April 19, 1973.

BUSSEY, Justice:

Appellant Pruitt was charged in two separate indictments with the murder of Douglas Chesney and William Henry "Pappy" Gault. By agreement, he was tried simultaneously on both indictments, commencing March 1, 1972, in the Court of General Sessions for Spartanburg County. The jury found him guilty in both cases but recommended him to the mercy of the court, and he now appeals from his convictions and the resulting sentences of...

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