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STATE v. PIERCE

19874

263 S.C. 23 (1974)

207 S.E.2d 414

The STATE, Respondent, v. William J. PIERCE, Jr., Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

August 8, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Joseph T. McElveen, Jr., of Sumter, James M. Connor and William E. Jenkinson, III, of Kingstree, for Appellant.

Messrs. J.C. Coleman, Dep. Atty. Gen., of Columbia, R. Kirk McLeod, Sol., and Robert W. Burkett, Asst. Sol., of Sumter, for Respondent.

August 8, 1974.

BUSSEY, Justice:

Defendant was indicted in Sumter County for the murder of Peg Cuttino and, after a change of venue was tried at the February, 1973 term of the Court of General Sessions for Williamsburg County. The jury returned a verdict of guilty and defendant was sentenced to life imprisonment. Notice of appeal was timely filed and this appeal followed.

Defendant's first contention is that the trial judge erred in refusing to grant...

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