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STATE v. LONG

No. 24544.

325 S.C. 59 (1997)

480 S.E.2d 62

The STATE, Respondent, v. Jerome LONG, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided January 13, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Senior Assistant Appellate Defender Wanda H. Haile of S.C. Office of Appellate Defense, Columbia, for appellant.

Attorney General Charles Molony Condon, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka, Assistant Attorney General Robert F. Daley, Jr., Columbia; and Solicitor Walter M. Bailey, Jr., Summerville, for respondent.

BURNETT, Justice:

Appellant was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment.

ISSUES

1. Did the trial judge err by failing to direct a verdict of acquittal because the evidence established self-defense as a matter of law? 2. Did the trial judge err by refusing to instruct the jury on defense of others?

DISCUSSION

I.

Appellant argues the trial judge erred by failing to direct a verdict...

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