STATE v. ROBBINS

21314

275 S.C. 373 (1980)

271 S.E.2d 319

The STATE, Respondent, v. James Floyd ROBBINS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

October 15, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael N. Duncan of Dunbar & Duncan, Spartanburg, for appellant.

Atty. Gen. Daniel R. McLeod, Asst. Atty. Gen. Brian P. Gibbes, and State's Atty. Lindy Pike Funkhouser, Columbia, and Sol. Claude A. Taylor, Jr., Spartanburg, for respondent.


October 15, 1980.

LITTLEJOHN, Justice:

Appellant James Floyd Robbins appeals his conviction of armed robbery. We vacate the conviction and remand for a new trial.

The conviction grew out of an indictment wherein Robbins was charged with robbing a store. The primary question raised in this appeal is whether the trial judge erred in refusing Robbins' request to charge the law of alibi. In denying the request, the judge rationalized that Robbins testified...

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