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STATE v. DRAKEFORD

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290 S.C. 338 (1986)

350 S.E.2d 391

The STATE, Respondent v. Alfred DRAKEFORD, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided November 3, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Asst. Appellate Defender Stephen P. Williams, of S.C. Office of Appellate Defense, Columbia, for appellant.

Atty. Gen. T. Travis Medlock, Asst. Atty. Gen. Harold M. Coombs, Jr., Columbia, and Sol. William L. Ferguson, York, for respondent.

Heard Oct. 6, 1986.

Decided Nov. 3, 1986.

HARWELL, Justice:

Appellant Alfred Drakeford was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. We affirm his conviction.

Appellant contends that the trial court erred when it refused to allow defense counsel to impeach the credibility of a state's witness based on a prior conviction for manufacture of marijuana. A prior conviction may be used to impeach a witness' credibility only if the conviction...

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