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STATE v. JENKINS

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278 S.C. 219 (1982)

294 S.E.2d 44

The STATE, Respondent, v. Amy JENKINS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

July 21, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Appellate Defender John L. Sweeney of S.C. Commission of Appellate Defense, Columbia, for appellant.

Atty. Gen. Daniel R. McLeod, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., Brian P. Gibbes, and Asst. Attys. Gen. Lindy P. Funkhouser and Harold M. Coombs, Jr., Columbia, and Sol. Randolph Murdaugh, Jr., of Hampton, for respondent.

July 21, 1982.

GREGORY, Justice:

Appellant was convicted of unlawful neglect of a child in violation of S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-1030 (1976), repealed by 1981 Act No. 71, Section 3,1 and sentenced to eighteen (18) months. We affirm.

At midnight on June 12, 1980, appellant left two of her children, ages eight and five, sleeping alone in her house while she went for a ride with a friend. When she returned home

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