STATE v. PAGAN

No. 3724.

357 S.C. 132 (2004)

591 S.E.2d 646

The STATE, Respondent, v. Charles PAGAN, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Decided January 12, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deputy Chief Attorney, Joseph L. Savitz, III, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka and Assistant Attorney General, S. Creighton Waters, all of Columbia; and Solicitor Edgar L. Clements, III, of Florence, for Respondent.


ANDERSON, J.:

Charles Pagan was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. Pagan appeals, arguing the trial judge erred in allowing testimony from an individual about an incident that occurred more than one year after the victim's murder. We affirm.

FACTS/PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

At approximately 8:00 a.m. on December 11, 1997, the victim's body was discovered in a vacant lot in Florence, South Carolina. DNA testing revealed there...

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