STATE v. HILTON

22672

291 S.C. 276 (1987)

353 S.E.2d 282

The STATE, Respondent v. Louis HILTON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided February 9, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Attorney Gen. T. Travis Medlock, Asst. Atty. Gen. Harold M. Coombs, Jr., Columbia, and Sol. Charles H. Condon, Charleston, for respondent.


Heard Dec. 11, 1986.

Decided Feb. 9, 1987.

NESS, Chief Justice:

Appellant was convicted of assault and battery with intent to kill. We affirm.

Appellant and the victim were standing on a sidewalk near a railroad track as a train passed by. There is evidence they may have been arguing. Witnesses testified appellant pushed the victim into the moving train. Appellant, however, testified the victim turned and ran toward the train, and appellant...

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