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STATE v. RODGERS

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270 S.C. 285 (1978)

242 S.E.2d 215

The STATE, Respondent, v. Thomas Earl RODGERS, Jr. Appellant. The STATE, Respondent, v. Rand Brian CASON, Appellant. The STATE, Respondent, v. James E. MacPHEE, Appellant. The STATE, Respondent, v. Archie ALLEN, Appellant. The STATE, Respondent, v. Charles WAKEFIELD, JR., Appellant. The STATE, Respondent, v. Donald H. GASKINS, Jr., Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

February 15, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Williams of Williams & Williams, Columbia, for Appellant, Rodgers.

G. Dan Bowling, Charleston, for appellant Cason.

John K. Grisso, U.S. Atty., Columbia, and O. Grady Query, Charleston, for appellant MacPhee.

Franklin R. DeWitt, Conway, Robert Hallman and Matthew J. Perry, Columbia, for appellant Allen.

John I. Mauldin, Greenville, for appellant Wakefield.

Ernest B. Hinnant and John S. DeBerry, Florence, for appellant Gaskins.

Daniel R. McLeod, Atty. Gen., and Asst. Attys. Gen. Brian P. Gibbes, Joseph R. Barker and Robert N. Wells, Jr., Staff Atty. Sally G. Young, Columbia, and Solicitors James C. Anders, Columbia, Copers G. Barr, III, Charleston, Norman E. Fogle, Orangeburg, J.M. Long, Jr., Conway, William Wilkins, Jr., Greenville, T. Kenneth Summerford, Florence, Asst. Sol. Jim Dunn, Conway, for respondent.

John L. Davidson, Columbia, amicus curiae.

American Civil Liberties Union, Columbia, amicus curiae.

February 15, 1978.

LITTLEJOHN, Justice:

These six cases, which have been consolidated for purposes of this proceeding, are before us pursuant to petitions filed by the State of South Carolina, ex relatione Daniel R. McLeod, Attorney General. In order to better understand the issues before us, a brief recitation of the recent legislative and judicial history of the criminal murder law in South Carolina follows:

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