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STATE v. DEMPSEY

No. 3179.

340 S.C. 565 (2000)

532 S.E.2d 306

The STATE, Respondent, v. Cecil Heyward DEMPSEY, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Decided June 5, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Assistant Appellate Defender M. Anne Pearce, of SC Office of Appellate Defense, of Columbia, for appellant.

Attorney General Charles M. Condon, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, and Senior Assistant Attorney General Harold M. Coombs, Jr., all of Columbia; and Solicitor Walter L. Bailey, Jr., of Summerville, for respondent.

HUFF, Judge:

A jury convicted Cecil "Tray" Dempsey of first degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor and the trial court sentenced him to thirty years imprisonment. Dempsey appeals, arguing the trial court erred in denying his mistrial motion. We affirm.

FACTS/PROCEDURAL HISTORY

In June 1997 Victim, then 10 years old, informed his aunt that his mother's boyfriend had been sexually assaulting him for the past year.1

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