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STATE v. EVANS

No. 3276.

343 S.C. 685 (2001)

541 S.E.2d 852

The STATE, Appellant, v. Florence Robinson EVANS, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Decided January 2, 2001.

Rehearing Denied March 12, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney General Charles M. Condon, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney Generals Donald J. Zelenka and David K. Avant, and Assistant Attorney General S. Creighton Waters, all of Columbia, for appellant.

Senior Assistant Appellate Defender Wanda H. Haile, of SC Office of Appellate Defense, of Columbia, for respondent.

CURETON, Judge:

A Chesterfield County grand jury indicted Florence Robinson Evans for the murder of her three children.1 At a pretrial hearing, the trial court suppressed Evans's oral and written confessions. The State appeals. We reverse and remand.

FACTS

On the morning of March 4, 1994, a fire destroyed the Pageland trailer-home of Evans and killed her three small children. Evans survived as she was visiting her sister...

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