STATE v. BYERS

21593

277 S.C. 176 (1981)

284 S.E.2d 360

The STATE, Respondent, v. Wayne BYERS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

November 10, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Asst. App. Defender Tara D. Shurling, of S.C. Commission of App. Defense, Columbia, and Veronica G. Small, Charleston, for appellant.

Atty. Gen. Daniel R. McLeod and Asst. Atty. Gen. Brian P. Gibbes, Columbia, and Asst. Sol. Linda S. Lombard, Charleston, for respondent.


November 10, 1981.

NESS, Justice:

Appellant, Michael Wayne Byers, was convicted of armed robbery. He asserts the trial court erred in allowing the State to introduce evidence of his guilty plea to a subsequent crime. We disagree and affirm.

Byers was charged with armed robbery of a cab driver near the James Island Shopping Center in Charleston, South Carolina. The cab driver gave a description of Byers to...

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