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STATE v. KELSEY

No. 24801.

331 S.C. 50 (1998)

502 S.E.2d 63

The STATE, Respondent, v. Joseph KELSEY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided June 8, 1998.

Rehearing Denied July 20, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Senior Assistant Appellate Defender Wanda H. Haile, 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, Senior Assistant Attorney General William Edgar Salter, III, Assistant Attorney General Robert F. Daley, Jr., Columbia; and Solicitor Donald V. Myers, Lexington, for respondent.

TOAL, Acting Chief Justice:

This case involves the murder of fifteen-year-old Melanie Richey. Joseph Kelsey and Geoffrey Payne were tried together and convicted of Richey's murder. Kelsey appeals his conviction. We affirm.

FACTUAL/PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In early July 1994, sixteen-year-old Kelsey was staying with his friend, seventeen-year-old Mike Kirchner in Martinez, Georgia. On Monday, July 11, 1994, Kirchner...

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