STATE v. DUNBAR

22137

282 S.C. 169 (1984)

318 S.E.2d 16

The STATE, Respondent, v. William James DUNBAR, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided July 5, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Asst. Appellate Defender William Isaac Diggs, Columbia, for appellant.

Atty. Gen. T. Travis Medlock and Asst. Atty. Gen. Harold M. Coombs, Jr., Columbia, and Sol. Robert J. Harte, Aiken, for respondent.


Heard June 4, 1984.

Decided July 5, 1984.

NESS, Justice:

Appellant, William James Dunbar, was convicted of housebreaking and sentenced to seven years imprisonment. We reverse.

On October 27, 1982, Mrs. Ima Gibbs, an Aiken County resident, discovered Dunbar in the utility room of her home. This room was connected to her house, and was accessible from the outside by way of a door opening into her carport. After questioning Dunbar as to what he...

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