STATE v. BRUNO

No. 24472.

473 S.E.2d 450 (1996)

The STATE, Respondent, v. Lawrence Merle BRUNO, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided July 22, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Assistant Appellate Defender M. Anne Pearce, of South Carolina Office of Appellate Defense, Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Charles Molony Condon, Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka, Columbia; and Solicitor Joseph J. Watson, Greenville, for Respondent.


TOAL, Justice:

Lawrence Bruno appeals his conviction for murder, raising two issues related to selfdefense. We affirm.

FACTUAL/PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Lawrence Bruno and Jonathon Ross were drinking at a bar one evening in September 1993. The two left the bar in Ross's car. Ross testified that as he was driving away from the bar, he tried to pass the car of James Murphy ("Victim"), who was travelling in the same direction. Victim drove aside Ross's...

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