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STATE v. GUNTER

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286 S.C. 556 (1985)

335 S.E.2d 542

The STATE, Respondent, v. Jimmy Lee GUNTER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided October 2, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Asst. Appellate Defender Tara D. Shurling of S.C. Office of Appellate Defense, Columbia, for appellant.

Atty. Gen. T. Travis Medlock, Asst. Atty. Gen. Harold M. Coombs, Jr., Staff Atty. Amie L. Clifford, and Sol James C. Anders, Columbia, for respondent.

Heard June 3, 1985.

Decided Oct. 2, 1985.

FINNEY, Acting Associate Justice:

The appellant, Jimmy Lee Gunter, was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and received a thirty year sentence. He appeals alleging that the trial judge coerced him into testifying at trial, in violation of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution which prohibits compelled self-incrimination. In addition, the appellant alleges...

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