STATE v. PENDERGRASS

20564

270 S.C. 1 (1977)

239 S.E.2d 750

The STATE, Respondent, v. Phillip Jackson PENDERGRASS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

December 12, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vinton D. Lide, of Hartsville, and A. Glenn Greene, Jr., of Latta, for Appellant.

Daniel R. McLeod, Atty. Gen., Brian P. Gibbes and Robert N. Wells, Jr., Asst. Attys. Gen., and J. Dupre Miller, Sol., of Bennettsville, for Respondent.


December 12, 1977.

NESS, Justice.

Appellant was found guilty of murder committed while in the course of an armed robbery at Hermie's Restaurant in Hartsville, where the victim, a high school girl, was employed. We affirm.

Appellant first assigns error to the trial court's denial of his motion for continuance, which he asserts denied him effective assistance of counsel. The basis for the motion was the heavy...

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