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STATE v. SPEIGHTS

19884

263 S.C. 127 (1974)

208 S.E.2d 43

The STATE, Respondent, v. David SPEIGHTS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

August 29, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Ernest B. Hinnant and Raymond K. McKenzie, of Florence, for Appellant.

Messrs. Daniel R. McLeod, Atty. Gen. and C. Tolbert Goolsby, Jr., Dept. Atty. Gen. and Ms. Karen LeCraft Henderson, Asst. Atty. Gen., of Columbia, and T. Kenneth Summerford, Sol., of Florence, for Respondent.

Aug. 29, 1974.

LITTLEJOHN, Justice:

The defendant David Speights was tried upon an indictment charging him with the murder of his brother-in-law, Laverne "Pete" Graham. He has appealed from his conviction by a jury of the offense as charged and his subsequent sentence to death by electrocution.

The primary thrust of Speight's contentions is directed upon a number of constitutional grounds. He also asserts...

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