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STATE v. BING

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272 S.C. 544 (1979)

253 S.E.2d 101

The STATE, Respondent, v. Bernard BING, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

March 13, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David I. Bruck, Columbia, for appellant.

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

March 13, 1979.

JOSEPH R. MOSS, Acting Associate Justice:

Appellant Bing appeals from a conviction for contempt of court. We affirm.

Bing was stabbed by a fellow inmate at Kirkland Correctional Institution. At the inmate's trial, appellant refused to testify. The trial judge held him in contempt of court and sentenced him to six months, to run consecutively with his present sentence.

Initially, appellant asserts his Fifth Amendment rights were...

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