STATE v. BURKHART

No. 25484.

350 S.C. 252 (2002)

565 S.E.2d 298

The STATE, Respondent, v. Troy Alan BURKHART, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided June 17, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deputy Chief Attorney Joseph L. Savitz, III, of 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 Derrick K. McFarland, all of Columbia; and Solicitor Druanne D. White, of Anderson, for respondent.


Chief Justice TOAL.

Troy Alan Burkhart ("Appellant") appeals his convictions on three counts of murder and three counts of possession of a firearm during commission of a violent crime for which he was sentenced to death. We reverse.

FACTUAL/PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

On January 13, 1998, the grand jury for Anderson County indicted Appellant for the murders of Shane and Stacy Walters, half-brothers, and Sonya Cann. In addition to the three counts of murder...

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