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STATE v. SIMS

No. 25398.

348 S.C. 16 (2002)

558 S.E.2d 518

The STATE, Respondent, v. Mandel SIMS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided January 14, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deputy Chief Attorney Joseph L. Savitz, III, 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, Assistant Attorney General S. Creighton Waters, and Solicitor Warren B. Giese, all of Columbia, for respondent.

Justice MOORE.

Appellant appeals his conviction, claiming the trial court erred by allowing a police officer to give hearsay testimony and by limiting his cross-examination of a State witness regarding the witness's pending charges. We affirm.

FACTS

On the morning of March 1, 1998, police were dispatched to an apartment because a five-year-old boy (hereinafter referred to as the son), had been found upset and crying outside the apartment of...

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