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STATE v. CANNON

19642

260 S.C. 537 (1973)

197 S.E.2d 678

The STATE, Respondent, v. John Hall CANNON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

June 20, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Messrs. John W. Foard, Jr., Sol., and James L. Felder, Asst. Sol., of Columbia, for Respondent.

June 20, 1973.

LITTLEJOHN, Justice:

The defendant, John Hall Cannon, was tried by a jury and found guilty of murdering his four-year-old half-brother, Edward Holbrook Wyman, Jr. He has appealed, alleging that the judge committed error in admitting his confession into evidence; in ruling that the State's medical witness was qualified to testify as an expert as to the defendant's sanity; and in charging the M'Naghten...

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