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STATE v. OSBORNE

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289 S.C. 142 (1986)

345 S.E.2d 256

The STATE, Respondent v. Thurman C. OSBORNE and Billy Ray Poston, Defendants, of whom Billy Ray Poston is, Appellant. Appeal of Billy Ray POSTON. And The STATE, Respondent v. Thurman C. OSBORNE and Billy Ray Poston, Defendants, of whom Thurman C. Osborne is, Appellant. Appeal of Thurman C. OSBORNE.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Decided April 14, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Asst. Appellate Defender T. Stacey, Deputy Chief Atty. Elizabeth C. Fullwood, both of S.C. Office of Appellate Defense, Columbia, and John E. Cuttino, of Bridges & Orr. Florence, for appellants.

Atty. Gen. T. Travis Medlock, Asst. Atty. Gen. Harold M. Coombs, Jr. and Staff Attys. Susan A. Lake and Norman Mark Rapoport, Columbia; and Sol. Dudley Saleeby, Jr., Florence, for respondent.

Heard Oct. 22, 1985.

Decided April 14, 1986.

GARDNER, Judge:

Osborne and Poston were convicted for the murders of two teenage boys and sentenced to life. Their trials and appeals were consolidated. We reverse and remand.

The bodies of two teenagers, who were stepbrothers, were discovered in a wooded area near Jeffries Creek, east of Florence. Both had been shot in the head with a .38 caliber bullet...

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