STATE v. DOBY

21062

273 S.C. 704 (1979)

258 S.E.2d 896

The STATE, Respondent, v. Floyd M. DOBY, Jr., Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

October 3, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H.F. Partee and Richard W. Hendrix, Greenville, for Appellant.

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


October 3, 1979.

NESS, Justice:

Appellant Doby was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. We affirm.

Sally Ann Hutchinson died from a stab wound to her chest. There were no signs of forced entry into her home, and although her clothes were disarranged, there was no evidence of sexual contact. Appellant confessed to her murder two years later.

Appellant first asserts error in a remark by the trial judge during defense counsel...

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