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STATE v. PACE

No. 24108.

447 S.E.2d 186 (1994)

The STATE, Respondent, v. Beondi Clifford PACE, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided July 5, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chief Atty. Daniel T. Stacey, of SC Office of Appellate Defense, Columbia, for petitioner.

Atty. Gen. T. Travis Medlock, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen. Donald J. Zelenka, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen. Harold M. Coombs, and Asst. Atty. Gen. Rakale B. Smith, Columbia; Solicitor Charles Molony Condon, North Charleston, for respondent.

Sue C. Erwin, of South Carolina Women Lawyers Ass'n, for amicus curiae.

PER CURIAM:

We granted certiorari to review Petitioner's (Pace) conviction for grand larceny as affirmed by the Court of Appeals.1

We reverse.

FACTS

At trial, defense counsel asked Mr. Brown, a witness for the prosecution, "Do you have a criminal record?" The judge sustained the prosecution's objection, stating the question was "highly improper", then sent the jury to its room.

In camera, the judge...

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