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STATE v. HILL

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287 S.C. 398 (1986)

339 S.E.2d 121

The STATE, Respondent, v. Sherry Lynn HILL, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided January 13, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas A. McKinney, Rock Hill, for appellant.

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

Heard Dec. 9, 1985.

Decided Jan. 13, 1986.

HARWELL, Justice:

Appellant was charged with the murder of Ricky Goodman. She was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to fifteen years in prison. Due to the exclusion of certain proffered expert testimony, we reverse and remand.

Appellant contends that the trial court erred in excluding expert testimony on the "battered woman's syndrome." Appellant and the decedent (Goodman) began dating...

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