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STATE v. McCONNELL

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290 S.C. 278 (1986)

350 S.E.2d 179

The STATE, Respondent v. John Vance McCONNELL, Jr., Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided September 22, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Clarke, North Myrtle Beach, Edward E. Saleeby of Saleeby, Cox & Bledsoe, P.A., Hartsville and Kenneth A. Richstad of Childress & Richstad, Columbia, for appellant.

Atty. Gen. T. Travis Medlock, Asst. Attys. Gen. Harold M. Coombs, Jr. and Amie L. Clifford, Columbia and Sol. James O. Dunn, Conway, for respondent.

Heard March 10, 1986.

Decided Sept. 22, 1986.

FINNEY, Justice:

Appellant John Vance McConnell, Jr., was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

On the night of December 14, 1983, the deceased and the appellant attended a Christmas party at a nightclub. The record is devoid of evidence of any animosity or bad blood between the two. In fact, it reveals they had been celebrating, imbibing...

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