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STATE v. HAWKINS

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292 S.C. 418 (1987)

357 S.E.2d 10

The STATE, Respondent v. Calvin HAWKINS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided May 26, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chief Atty. William Isaac Diggs and Asst. Appellate Defender Joseph L. Savitz, III, S.C. Office of Appellate Defense, Columbia, for appellant.

Atty. Gen. T. Travis Medlock and Asst. Atty. Gen. Harold M. Coombs, Jr., Columbia, and Solicitor J. Dupre Miller, Bennettsville, for respondent.

Heard Jan. 5, 1987.

Decided May 26, 1987.

FINNEY, Justice:

The appellant Calvin Hawkins, Calvin McCoy and Johnny Addison were indicted for murder, burglary and arson arising out of the death, theft of property and burning of the home of Ernest L. Gibson. The appellant was convicted of all charges and received sentences of death for murder, life imprisonment for burglary and twenty years for arson. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

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