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STATE v. SALES

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285 S.C. 113 (1985)

328 S.E.2d 619

The STATE, Respondent, v. James Allen SALES, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided April 1, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deputy Appellate Defender William Isaac Diggs, of S.C. Office of Appellate Defense, Columbia, for appellant.

Atty. Gen. T. Travis Medlock, Asst. Attys. Gen. Harold M. Coombs, Jr., and Carolyn M. Adams, Columbia; and Sol. William B. Traxler, Jr., Greenville, for respondent.

Heard March 12, 1985.

Decided April 1, 1985.

HARWELL, Judge:

The appellant James Allen Sales was convicted of voluntary manslaughter in the death of his sister's boyfriend and received a sentence of ten years. We reverse.

The appellant's sister, Jeanette, lived with her boyfriend, L.C. McDaniel. Jeanette and L.C. had a fight over L.C. buying liquor with grocery money. L.C. was intoxicated and hit Jeanette...

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