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STATE v. DARBY

No. 24508.

324 S.C. 114 (1996)

477 S.E.2d 710

The STATE, Respondent, v. Anthony DARBY a/k/a Anthony Levern Riggins, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided October 28, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Attorney General Charles Molony Condon, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka, Senior Assistant Attorney General William Edgar Salter, III, Columbia; and Solicitor Dudley Saleeby, Jr., Florence, for respondent.

MOORE, Justice:

Appellant was convicted of murder, armed robbery, and first degree burglary for killing and robbing seventy-five-year-old Ervin Singletary in his home. Appellant challenges his convictions on the ground the trial judge's charge on reasonable doubt erroneously diluted the State's burden of proof. We disagree and affirm.

FACTS

At trial, the trial judge defined reasonable doubt as "the...

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