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STATE v. SHELTON

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270 S.C. 577 (1978)

243 S.E.2d 455

The STATE, Respondent, v. James Donald SHELTON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

April 19, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas F. Patrick, Greenville, for appellant.

Atty. Gen. Daniel R. McLeod, Asst. Attys. Gen. Brian P. Gibbes and Edward B. Latimer, Columbia, and Sol. William W. Wilkins, Jr., Greenville, for respondent.

April 19, 1978.

LEWIS, Chief Justice:

Appellant was convicted of carrying and having in his possession a pistol in the hall and courtroom of the Greenville County Courthouse in violation of Section 16-23-420 of the 1976 Code of Laws. This section makes it unlawful for any person to carry into any publicly owned building, or to have in his possession in the area immediately adjacent to such building, a firearm of any...

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