STATE v. MCATEER

No. 25134.

340 S.C. 644 (2000)

532 S.E.2d 865

The STATE, Respondent, v. James L. McATEER, Jr., Petitioner.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided May 30, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael L. Brown, Jr. and Gary C. Lemel, both of Rock Hill, for petitioner.

Attorney General Charles M. Condon, Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, Senior Assistant Attorney General Charles H. Richardson, all of Columbia; and Solicitor Thomas E. Pope, of York, for respondent.


FINNEY, Chief Justice:

We granted certiorari to review the en banc decision of the Court of Appeals in State v. McAteer, 333 S.C. 615, 511 S.E.2d 79 (Ct.App.1999). We reverse and remand, and hold, consistent with the opinion authored by Judge Connor,1 that South Carolina recognizes no common law right

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