STATE v. STARNES

No. 25119.

340 S.C. 312 (2000)

531 S.E.2d 907

The STATE, Respondent, v. Norman E. STARNES, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided May 8, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph L. Savitz, III, of South Carolina Office of Appellate Defense, of Columbia, for appellant.

Attorney General Charles M. Condon, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka, Assistant Attorney General Derrick K. McFarland, Assistant Attorney General S. Creighton Waters, of Columbia; and Solicitor Donald V. Myers, of Lexington, for respondent.


BURNETT, Justice:

Appellant admitted he shot and killed Bill Welborn and Jarrod Champlin. He maintained the shootings were in self-defense. Appellant was convicted of two counts of murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a violent crime. The jury found one statutory aggravating circumstance and recommended a sentence of death.1 The trial judge sentenced appellant to death and...

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