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STATE v. BALLINGTON

No. 3346.

346 S.C. 262 (2001)

551 S.E.2d 280

The STATE of South Carolina, Respondent, v. Thomas Ray BALLINGTON, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Decided May 29, 2001.

Rehearing Denied August 22, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. Jahue Moore and Heath P. Taylor, both of Wilson, Moore, Taylor & Thomas, of West Columbia, for appellant.

Attorney General Charles M. Condon, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka and Assistant Attorney General Tracey C. Green, all of Columbia; and Solicitor Donald V. Myers, of Lexington, for respondent.

HEARN, Chief Judge:

Thomas Ray Ballington was convicted of murdering his wife, Edna Lynn Ballington (Wife). He was sentenced to life imprisonment. He appeals, arguing that (1) because a magistrate reduced the grand jury's murder indictment to a charge of manslaughter, the court of general sessions lacked jurisdiction to try him for murder; (2) the trial court erred in admitting an incriminating statement he made to police; and (3) the trial court erred in failing...

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