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STATE v. SWEAT

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276 S.C. 448 (1981)

279 S.E.2d 375

The STATE, Appellant, v. Richard F. SWEAT, Sr., Granville S. Way, Jr., Respondents.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

June 16, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Daniel McLeod, Asst. Atty. Gen. Buford S. Mabry, Jr., and State Atty., Scott Elliott, Columbia, for appellant.

Thomas O. Berry, Jr., and Gene W. Dukes, St. George, for respondents.

June 16, 1981.

GREGORY, Justice:

The state appeals an order quashing the indictment for criminal conspiracy returned against respondents Richard F. Sweat, Sr., and Granville S. Way, Jr. We reverse.

The crime of conspiracy is a statutory offense in this state, defined in Section 16-17-410, Code of Laws of South Carolina (1976) as "a combination between two or more persons for the purpose of accomplishing a criminal or unlawful object or an object neither...

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