STATE v. WILLIAMS

No. 24609.

326 S.C. 130 (1997)

485 S.E.2d 99

The STATE, Respondent, v. Brad Edward WILLIAMS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided April 28, 1997.

Rehearing Denied May 27, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chief Attorney Daniel T. Stacey, of South Carolina Office of Appellate Defense, Columbia; and Ray E. Thompson, Jr., Spartanburg, for appellant.

Attorney General Charles Molony Condon, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka, Assistant Attorney General Robert F. Daley, Jr., Columbia; and Solicitor Holman C. Gossett, Spartanburg, for respondent.


FINNEY, Chief Justice:

Appellant was convicted of murder and received a life sentence. He raises several issues on appeal, including a claim that the State unconstitutionally intimidated a potential defense witness, causing the witness to refuse to be interviewed by appellant's counsel. We find appellant has established prejudicial error on this ground, and reverse and remand.

The State's theory was that appellant...

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