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STATE v. MERCADO

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263 S.C. 304 (1974)

210 S.E.2d 459

The STATE, Respondent, v. Francisco Cancel MERCADO, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

November 29, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Dowling, Dowling, Sanders and Dukes, of Beaufort, and Parker and Richardson, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Messrs. Daniel R. McLeod, Atty. Gen., Robert M. Ariail, Asst. Atty. Gen., Joseph R. Barker, Staff Attorney, of Columbia, and Sidney S. Riggs, III, of Lexington, and Randolph Murdaugh, Jr., Sol., and Randolph Murdaugh, III, Asst. Sol., of Hampton, for Respondent.

November 29, 1974.

LITTLEJOHN, Justice:

Francisco Cancel Mercado, the appellant, was indicted for murder and grand larceny. A jury acquitted him of murder and found him guilty of grand larceny. He has appealed.

Appellant argues that he should be given a new trial on the grounds that the verdicts of the jury were unreasonably inconsistent, that it was prejudicial error for the trial court to allow a censored...

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