STATE v. FORD

21802

278 S.C. 384 (1982)

296 S.E.2d 866

The STATE, Respondent, McNeill FORD, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

November 1, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S.C. Com'n of Appellate Defense, Columbia, J. Frank Looper, Florence, and John S. Trimper, of Brennan, McAliley, Hayskar, McAliley & Jefferson, West Palm Beach, Fla., for appellant.

Atty. Gen. Daniel R. McLeod, Asst. Atty. Gen. Harold M. Coombs, Jr., and Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen Brian P. Gibbes, Columbia, and Sol. Dudley Saleeby, Jr., Florence, for respondent.


Nov. 1, 1982.

NESS, Justice:

Appellant McNeill Ford was convicted and sentenced to consecutive terms of twenty-five years for armed robbery and fifteen years for safecracking. We affirm the armed robbery conviction and reverse the safecracking conviction.

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