STATE v. DRAYTON

20669

270 S.C. 582 (1978)

243 S.E.2d 458

The STATE, Respondent, v. William M. DRAYTON. Jr., Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

April 20, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John D. Delgado, W. Gaston Fairey, and John M. Young, Columbia, for appellant.

Atty. Gen. Daniel R. McLeod, Asst. Atty. Gen. Brian P. Gibbes, and Sol. James C. Anders, Columbia, for respondent.


April 20, 1978.

LEWIS, Chief Justice:

Appellant, charged with murder, was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and received a sentence of thirty (30) years imprisonment. The homicide occurred on March 28, 1976 and, two days later, on March 30th, appellant was, pursuant to Section 44-23-410 of the 1976 Code of Laws, committed to the South Carolina Department of Mental Health for an evaluation of his mental capacity to understand the proceedings against him and...

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