STATE v. SINGLETON

23312

303 S.C. 313 (1991)

400 S.E.2d 487

The STATE, Respondent v. James Lee SINGLETON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided January 21, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Asst. Appellate Defender Tara Dawn Shurling, S.C. Office of Appellate Defense, Columbia, and Asst. Public Defender James A. Stoddard, Sumter County Public Defender's Office, Sumter, for appellant.

Atty. Gen. T. Travis Medlock, Asst. Attys. Gen. Harold M. Coombs, Jr., and Amie L. Clifford, Columbia, and Sol. Wade S. Kolb, Jr., Sumter, for respondent.


Heard Dec. 10, 1990.

Decided Jan. 21, 1991.

HARWELL, Justice:

Appellant James Lee Singleton was indicted, along with two co-defendants, for armed robbery, possession of a weapon during a violent crime, and criminal conspiracy. Appellant was convicted of all three offenses. The only issue we address is whether the trial judge erred in refusing to redact physical descriptions from a statement given by a nontestifying co-defendant. We reverse.

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