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STATE v. FIELDS

19999

264 S.C. 260 (1975)

214 S.E.2d 320

The STATE, Respondent, v. James Hiram FIELDS, Jr., Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

April 16, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Keith A. Gatlin and John C. Hayes, of Hayes, Brunson and Gatlin, Rock Hill, and Frank Patton Cooke, of Gastonia, N.C., for Appellant.

Messrs. Daniel R. McLeod, Atty. Gen., C. Tolbert Goolsby, Jr., Dep. Atty. Gen., and Sidney S. Riggs, III, Staff Atty., of Columbia, and Mike S. Jolly, Sol., of Union, and William L. Ferguson, Asst. Sol., of Rock Hill, for Respondent.

April 16, 1975.

NESS, Justice:

Appellant was tried on an indictment charging him with the murder of one Marjorie Hampton on July 5, 1973, which trial resulted in a conviction of murder with a recommendation to mercy, and he was sentenced to life imprisonment. From that judgment and sentence he has appealed to this Court.

He first contends that the trial court abused its discretion in denying his motion for...

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