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STATE v. PEAKE

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291 S.C. 138 (1987)

352 S.E.2d 487

The STATE, Respondent v. Allen Stewart PEAKE, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided January 19, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Asst. Appellate Defender Tara D. Shurling, of S.C. Office of Appellate Defense, Columbia, for appellant.

Atty. Gen. T. Travis Medlock, Asst. Attys. Gen. Harold M. Coombs, Jr., and Carolyn M. Adams,Columbia, and Sol. Holman C. Gossett, Jr., Spartanburg, for respondent.

Heard Nov. 20, 1986.

Decided Jan. 19, 1987.

FINNEY, Justice:

Appellant Allen Stewart Peake was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

Appellant contends the trial court erred in admitting into evidence a statement he made while in police custody because the statement was involuntary and induced by a promise not to seek the death penalty.

At the suppression hearing, the investigating...

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