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STATE v. GOOLSBY

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275 S.C. 110 (1980)

268 S.E.2d 31

The STATE, Respondent, v. Sidney Ross GOOLSBY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

June 24, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Geddes D. Anderson and Judson F. Ayers, Jr., Greenwood, for appellant.

Atty. Gen Daniel R. McLeod and Asst. Atty. Gen Brian P. Gibbes, Columbia, and Sol. William T. Jones, Greenwood, for respondent.

June 24, 1980.

GREGORY, Justice:

Appellant Sidney Ross Goolsby was found guilty of the murder of Ruby Ann Medlin in the first phase of a bifurcated capital trial and sentenced to death upon recommendation of the trial jury at the end of the second phase. The case on appeal consolidates a direct appeal of the conviction and mandatory review of the death sentence. We affirm the conviction, vacate the death penalty and remand to the trial court.

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