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STATE v. PATTERSON

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263 S.C. 176 (1974)

209 S.E.2d 39

The STATE, Respondent, v. Leon PATTERSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

October 9, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Coming B. Gibbs, Jr., and Dan M. David, of Charleston, for Appellant.

Messrs. Daniel R. McLeod, Atty. Gen., and Robert M. Ariail, Asst. Atty. Gen., of Columbia, and Robert B. Wallace, Sol., and A. Arthur Rosenblum, of Charleston, for Respondent.

October 9, 1974.

BRAILSFORD, Justice:

Leon Patterson appeals from his conviction of murder. The threshold question is whether the court erred in admitting in evidence the defendant's confession, without which the evidence was insufficient to sustain the verdict.

On February 14, 1973, at about 7:00 P.M., the operator of a filling station on St. Phillips Street in Charleston was shot to death during an attempted...

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