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STATE v. WAKEFIELD

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270 S.C. 293 (1978)

242 S.E.2d 219

The STATE, Respondent, v. Charles WAKEFIELD, Jr., Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

February 15, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John I. Mauldin, of Greenville, for Appellant.

Daniel R. McLeod, Atty. Gen., and Brian P. Gibbes, Asst. Atty. Gen., of Columbia, and William W. Wilkins, Jr., Sol., of Greenville, for Respondent.

American Civil Liberties Union, of Columbia, amicus curiae.

February 15, 1978.

LITTLEJOHN, Justice:

The defendant-appellant, Charles Wakefield, Jr. (Wakefield), was charged with murdering Rufus Franklin Looper, Jr. and Rufus Franklin Looper, III, on January 31, 1975, by killing them with a gun while in the commission of an armed robbery. He was tried by a jury, commencing on February 23, 1976, found guilty and sentenced to death by electrocution. The trial, conviction and sentence were pursuant to § 16-52, Code...

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