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STATE v. GORUM

No. 23834.

428 S.E.2d 884 (1993)

The STATE, Respondent, v. Joseph O. GORUM, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided April 5, 1993.

Rehearing Denied May 5, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deputy Chief Atty. Joseph L. Savitz, III, of South Carolina Office of Appellate Defense, Columbia, for appellant.

Atty. Gen. T. Travis Medlock, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen. Donald J. Zalenka, Asst. Attys. Gen., Harold M. Coombs, Jr., and James W. Rion, Jr., Columbia, and Sol. Joseph J. Watson, Greenville, for respondent.

FINNEY, Justice:

Appellant Joseph O. Gorum was convicted of murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a violent crime. He was sentenced to life imprisonment for murder and five years imprisonment for possession of the firearm. We reverse and remand.

On Saturday, March 2, 1991, as appellant was entering the convenience store he owned jointly with his wife, he discovered his wife, Dianne Gorum, and his best friend, Billy Ray Williams, together...

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