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STATE v. SLOAN

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278 S.C. 435 (1982)

298 S.E.2d 92

The STATE, Respondent, v. Michael A. Godwin SLOAN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

December 6, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David I. Bruck, of S.C. Commission of Appellate Defense, Columbia, and Daniel A. Beck, James E. Barfield, and R. Knox McMahon, Lexington, for appellant.

Atty. Gen. Daniel R. McLeod, Senior Asst. Atty. Gen. Brian P. Gibbes and Asst. Atty. Gen. Martha L. McElveen, Columbia, and Sol. Donald V. Myers, Lexington, for respondent.

Dec. 6, 1982.

NESS, Justice:

Appellant Michael A. Godwin Sloan was convicted of murder and first degree criminal sexual assault and sentenced to death. We conclude the numerous errors committed cumulatively denied appellant a fair trial. We reverse the conviction, vacate the sentence and remand for a new trial.

Appellant argues several improprieties in the solicitor's guilt phase argument. First, he contends the solicitor's comment that appellant's...

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