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STATE v. ROBINSON

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294 S.C. 120 (1987)

363 S.E.2d 104

The STATE, Respondent v. Eric ROBINSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided December 7, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deputy Chief Attorney Elizabeth C. Fullwood of S.C. Office of Appellate Defense, Columbia, for appellant.

Atty. Gen. T. Travis Medlock, Asst. Attys. Gen. Harold M. Coombs, Jr., and Amie L. Clifford, Columbia, and Sol. Randolph Murdaugh, Jr., Hampton, for respondent.

Heard Nov. 2, 1987.

Decided Dec. 7, 1987.

GREGORY, Justice:

Appellant was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. We affirm.

Appellant was found guilty of murder by accomplice liability. He claims on the basis of his testimony he was entitled to a jury charge that he acted under duress in participating in the murder of Scottie Miles. We disagree.

Appellant acknowledge duress is not a defense to murder at common law but...

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