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STATE v. SPANN

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279 S.C. 399 (1983)

308 S.E.2d 518

The STATE, Respondent, v. Sterling Barnette SPANN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

October 13, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David I. Bruck, and Asst. Appellate Defender Elizabeth C. Fullwood, of S.C. Com'n of Appellate Defense, Columbia, for appellant.

Atty. Gen. T. Travis Medlock and Retired Atty. Gen. Daniel R. McLeod, Asst. Atty. Gen. Harold M. Coombs, Jr., and Staff Atty. Carlisle Roberts, Jr., Columbia, and Sol. William L. Ferguson, York, for respondent.

October 13, 1983.

HARWELL, Justice:

A jury in York County convicted appellant Sterling Barnette Spann of burglary, robbery, criminal sexual conduct in the first degree, and murder. The jury recommended a death sentence. This case consolidates Spann's direct appeal and mandatory review of the death sentence.

On September 14, 1981, an assailant entered the Clover home of Mrs. Melva Harper Neil and stole certain personal property, committed a sexual battery...

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