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STATE v. DAVIS

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267 S.C. 283 (1976)

227 S.E.2d 662

The STATE, Respondent, v. Lawrence DAVIS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

August 12, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard G. Dusenbury, Esq., of Florence, for Appellant.

Messrs. Daniel R. McLeod, Atty. Gen., Joseph R. Barker and Richard P. Wilson, Asst. Attys. Gen., of Columbia, and T. Kenneth Summerford, Sol., of Florence, for Respondent.

August 12, 1976.

RHODES, JUSTICE:

Lawrence Davis appeals from his conviction of murder while in the commission of robbery while armed with a deadly weapon. He was sentenced to die by electrocution under S.C. Code § 16-52 (Cum. Supp. 1975).

Davis seeks a new trial upon various grounds and also attacks the constitutionality of his sentence. We affirm his conviction of murder but reverse the sentence imposed...

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