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STATE v. SOUTHERLAND

No. 24135.

447 S.E.2d 862 (1994)

The STATE, Respondent, v. Robert H. SOUTHERLAND, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided August 15, 1994.

Rehearing Denied September 15, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deputy Chief Atty. Joseph L. Savitz, III, of the S.C. Office of Appellate Defense, Columbia, for appellant.

Atty. Gen. T. Travis Medlock, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen. Donald J. Zelenka, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen. Harold M. Coombs, Jr. and Asst. Atty. Gen. William Edgar Salter, III, Columbia, and Sol. Donald V. Myers, Lexington, for respondent.

RUSHING, Acting Associate Justice:

Robert H. Southerland appeals his death sentence and his convictions of murder, kidnapping, armed robbery, and forgery. We affirm.

I. Facts

On the evening of October 5, 1989, Southerland, Tony Cooper, David Burroughs, and Brenda McLaurin abducted Kim Quinn from her home and drove her to an isolated pond. Cooper and Southerland dragged Quinn from Cooper's car and raped her. Southerland then shot Quinn in the...

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