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STATE v. VICTOR

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300 S.C. 221 (1989)

387 S.E.2d 248

The STATE, Respondent v. William Keith VICTOR, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided December 11, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deputy Chief Atty. Elizabeth C. Fullwood and Asst. Appellate Defender Joseph L. Savitz, III, both of S.C. Office of Appellate Defense, Columbia, for appellant.

Atty. Gen. T. Travis Medlock, Asst. Atty. Gen. Harold M. Coombs, Jr., Staff Atty. Miller W. Shealy, Jr., Columbia, and Sol. Donald V. Myers, Lexington, for respondent.

Heard October 30, 1989.

Decided December 11, 1989.

GREGORY, Chief Justice:

Appellant was convicted of murder, kidnapping, and grand larceny. He was sentenced to death for murder plus a ten-year term of imprisonment for grand larceny. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

The State's case in the guilt phase of the trial rested almost entirely on the testimony of Matthew Helms. At the time of the murder...

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