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STATE v. McELVEEN

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280 S.C. 325 (1984)

313 S.E.2d 298

The STATE, Respondent, v. Tommy McELVEEN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided March 1, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Lindsay, Sr., Bennettsville; Hugh L. Cannon, Hartsville; Robert L. Kilgo, Sr., Darlington; and S.C. Commission of Appellate Defense, Columbia, for appellant.

Atty. Gen. T. Travis Medlock, Asst. Atty. Gen. Harold M. Coombs, Jr., and Staff Atty. Carlisle Roberts, Jr., Columbia; and Sol. J. Dupre Miller, Bennettsville, for respondent.

Heard January 23, 1984.

Decided March 1, 1984.

LEWIS, Chief Justice:

Appellant was indicted for the murder of Mrs. Peggy Byrd, the wife of a business associate; and appeals from his conviction of voluntary manslaughter and sentence to imprisonment for twenty-one (21) years. He charges prejudicial trial error (1) in the improper admission of character evidence and (2) in the alleged erroneous instructions to the jury relative to the law of trespass...

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