STATE v. LAW

20052

265 S.C. 111 (1975)

217 S.E.2d 22

The STATE, Appellant, v. Mannie Lee LAW, Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

July 8, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Daniel R. McLeod, Atty. Gen., C. Tolbert Goolsby, Jr., Dep. Atty. Gen., Joseph R. Barker, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Richard P. Wilson, Staff Atty., of Columbia, and T. Kenneth Summerford, Sol, of Florence, for Appellant.

Messrs. Ernest B. Hinnant, John S. DeBerry, and Mordecai C. Johnson, of Florence, and David S. Baroody, of Marion, for Respondent.


July 8, 1975.

Per Curiam:

The defendant-respondent was indicted for murder in Florence County and venue was changed to Marion County, the only other county in the Twelfth Circuit, on the ground that he could not obtain a fair trial in Florence County because of the impact of T.V. and newspaper coverage. Thereafter, upon another motion, the presiding judge found the defendant could not, for the same reason,...

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