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STATE v. KENNERLY

No. 25035.

337 S.C. 617 (1999)

524 S.E.2d 837

The STATE of South Carolina, Respondent, v. Patricia KENNERLY, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided December 20, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clyde C. Dean, Jr., of Orangeburg, for petitioner.

Attorney General Charles Molony Condon, Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, and Assistant Attorney General Caroline C. Tiffin, all of Columbia; and Solicitor Walter M. Bailey, Jr., of Summerville, all for respondent.

TOAL, Justice:

Patricia Kennerly ("Kennerly") seeks reversal of her conviction for contempt. We affirm.

FACTUAL/PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Kennerly was a juror in the death penalty trial of Gregory Benjamin tried in April 1996 in Orangeburg County. The jury was sequestered during the trial. After the trial concluded, the solicitor of the First Judicial Circuit filed an unverified petition in the General Sessions Court alleging two counts of contempt by...

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