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STATE v. SWORDS

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279 S.C. 554 (1983)

309 S.E.2d 750

The STATE, Respondent, v. Gary Allen SWORDS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

November 29, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Harold Christian, Jr., Greenville, for appellant.

Atty. Gen. T. Travis Medlock, Retired Atty. Gen. Daniel R. McLeod, Asst. Attys. Gen. Harold M. Coombs, Jr. and Martha L. McElveen, Columbia, and Sol. William B. Traxler Jr., Greenville, for respondent.

Nov. 29, 1983.

LITTLEJOHN, Justice:

Appellant, Gary Allen Swords, was convicted of committing an assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature (ABHAN) upon his nine-year-old stepdaughter. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

The alleged basis of the State's charge that Appellant is guilty of ABHAN is that he sexually molested his nine-year-old stepdaughter and electrically shocked her with an army field telephone.

Appellant asserts...

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