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STATE v. GAY

No. 25243.

343 S.C. 543 (2001)

541 S.E.2d 541

The STATE, Respondent, v. Donald W. GAY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided January 24, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Assistant Appellate Defender Robert M. Dudek, of the 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, Senior Assistant Attorney General William Edgar Salter, III, and Solicitor W. Barney Giese, all of Columbia, for respondent.

WALLER, Justice:

A jury convicted appellant of murder, and the trial court sentenced him to life imprisonment. He directly appeals the conviction and sentence. We affirm.

FACTS

On December 31, 1995, the partially-clothed body of fiftyyear-old Patricia Huffstetler ("victim") was discovered in the tunnel below Interstate 26, near Elmwood Avenue in Columbia ("the tunnel"). She had been stabbed four times in the chest. Approximately 20 feet from the...

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