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STATE v. DENNIS

No. 25022.

337 S.C. 275 (1999)

523 S.E.2d 173

The STATE, Respondent, v. Moses Abdul DENNIS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided November 22, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Assistant Appellate Defender Aileen P. Clare of the South Carolina Office of Appellate Defense, Columbia, for appellant.

Attorney General Charles M. Condon, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka, and Senior Assistant Attorney General William Edgar Salter, III, all of Columbia, and Solicitor David P. Schwacke of North Charleston, for respondent.

WALLER, Justice:

Moses Abdul Dennis (appellant) was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison. We affirm.

FACTS

The State accused appellant and his younger brother, Moses Otis Dennis (Otis), of murdering Terrance Johnson (victim) in September 1995. Appellant, Otis, and a third man fought with the victim in the early morning hours in the street outside an apartment complex in Charleston. The fight ended when the victim was shot once...

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