STATE v. GRIMES

22714

292 S.C. 204 (1987)

355 S.E.2d 538

The STATE, Respondent v. Arthur Lee GRIMES, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided April 27, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Asst. Appellate Defender Daniel T. Stacey, 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. Charles M. Condon, Charleston, for respondent.


Submitted Oct. 29, 1986.

Decided April 27, 1987.

Per Curiam:

Appellant was convicted of two counts of murder and sentenced to two consecutive life terms. We affirm.

Appellant argues that the judge's charge on insanity was erroneous. We disagree.

The "test in this State of whether an accused is criminally responsible for his actions is whether he had the mental capacity to distinguish moral or legal right from moral or legal wrong...

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