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STATE v. GASKINS

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270 S.C. 296 (1978)

242 S.E.2d 220

The STATE, Respondent, v. Donald H. GASKINS, Jr., Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

February 15, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ernest B. Hinnant and John S. Deberry, of Florence, for Appellant.

Daniel R. McLeod, Atty. Gen., Brian P. Gibbes, Joseph R. Barker, and Robert N. Wells, Jr., Asst. Attys. Gen., of Columbia, and T.K. Summerford, Sol., of Florence, for Respondent.

February 15, 1978.

LITTLEJOHN, Justice:

The defendant-appellant, Donald H. Gaskins, Jr. (Gaskins) was charged with murdering Dennis Bellamy by shooting him with a gun on October 10, 1975. He was tried by a jury in May, 1976, found guilty and sentenced to death by electrocution. The trial, conviction and sentence were pursuant to § 16-52, Code of Laws of South Carolina (1962) as amended (Supp. 1975), which we refer to as the Act of 1974. He has...

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