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STATE v. HIOTT

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276 S.C. 72 (1981)

276 S.E.2d 163

The STATE, Respondent, v. Charles Edward HIOTT and Walter Edward Ruff, Appellants.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

March 3, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Staff Atty. David W. Carpenter, of S.C. Commission of Appellate Defense, Public Defender John M. Young and Deputy Public Defender W. Gaston Fairey, Columbia, for appellants.

Atty. Gen. Daniel R. McLeod, Asst. Attys. Gen. Kay G. Crowe, Lindy Pike Funkhouser and Russell D. Ghent and Sol. James C. Anders, Columbia, for respondent.

March 3, 1981.

Defendants Charles Edward Hiott and Walter Edward Ruff appeal their conviction for murder, attempted armed robbery, and conspiracy. Each was sentenced to consecutive terms of life imprisonment for murder, twenty years for attempted armed robbery, and five years for conspiracy.

In January 1979, Hiott and Ruff escaped from the Wateree Correctional Institution, whereupon arrest warrants were issued by a...

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