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MERRIMAN v. MINTER

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298 S.C. 110 (1989)

378 S.E.2d 441

Edward F. MERRIMAN, Appellant v. Robert Lowe MINTER, and WCSC, Inc., d/b/a WCSC-TV, Respondents.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided February 21, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph F. Kent, Guardian ad litem, Charleston, for appellant.

Thomas A. Tisdale and Stephen P. Groves, Charleston, for respondent WCSC, Inc.

M. Dawes Cooke, Charleston, for respondent Robert Lowe Minter.

Heard Oct. 5, 1988.

Decided Feb. 21, 1989.

Per Curiam:

Appellant commenced this action while incarcerated on a lifetime sentence for murder. He alleged respondent Minter, a police investigator, gave false information to respondent WCSC-TV during the trial of his case indicating that appellant had hired someone to kill the State's witness-in-chief. This information was broadcast by WCSC-TV.

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