STATE v. STONE

22623

290 S.C. 380 (1986)

350 S.E.2d 517

The STATE, Respondent v. Earl Jerome STONE, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided November 3, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Atty. Gen. T. Travis Medlock, Asst. Attys. Gen. Harold M. Coombs, Jr., and Norman Mark Rapoport, Columbia, and Sol. George M. Ducworth, Anderson, for respondent.


Heard Sept. 17, 1986.

Decided Nov. 3, 1986.

NESS, Chief Justice:

Appellant was convicted of criminal sexual conduct with a minor in connection with a sexual assault on his seven-year old step-daughter. We affirm.

Appellant's two previous trials on this charge ended in mistrials. On the morning of the second day of the third trial, an article concerning the case appeared on the front page of the local newspaper. The first page of the article...

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