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STATE v. TYLER

No. 25423.

348 S.C. 526 (2002)

560 S.E.2d 888

The STATE, Respondent, v. Linda TYLER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided March 4, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Senior Assistant Appellate Defender Wanda H. Haile, 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 and Solicitor Warren B. Giese, all of Columbia, for respondent.

Justice WALLER.

Appellant Linda Tyler was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment without possibility of parole. We affirm.

FACTS

On the morning of September 26, 1996, while riding as a passenger in a car driven by her husband Van, Tyler poured gasoline on her husband's head and used her cigarette lighter to "light him up." She did so because she had learned the day before that a next door neighbor was 2 weeks pregnant with his child...

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