STATE v. W.M.S.

No. 2427.

465 S.E.2d 580 (1995)

The STATE, Respondent, v. W.M.S., Appellant.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Decided December 11, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deputy Chief Attorney Joseph L. Savitz, III, and Assistant Appellant Defender Lesley M. Coggiola, South Carolina Office of Appellate Defense, Columbia, for appellant.

Attorney General Charles Molony Condon, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Donald J. Zelenka, and Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, Columbia; and Solicitor Donald V. Myers, Lexington, for respondent.


HEARN, Judge:

This appeal is from a conviction for transporting a child under the age of sixteen outside the state with intent to violate a custody order. Appellant1, the mother of the child victim, contends the court erred in ruling that testimony needed to prove her defense of necessity was inadmissible. We disagree and affirm.

In August of 1990, the family court of Lexington County granted temporary custody of the minor child...

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