STATE v. ARNOLD

No. 25892.

361 S.C. 386 (2004)

605 S.E.2d 529

The STATE, Petitioner, v. Eddie Lee ARNOLD, Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided November 8, 2004.

Rehearing Denied December 14, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka, and Assistant Attorney General Derrick K. McFarland, of Columbia; and Solicitor Randolph Murdaugh, III, of Hampton, for petitioner.

Scott M. Merrifield and J. Brent Kiker, both of Kiker & Douds, P.A., of Beaufort; and Samuel C. Bauer, of Hilton Head Island, for respondent.


Justice MOORE:

Respondent Eddie Lee Arnold was convicted of murdering Dr. Jennings Cox of Savannah, Georgia. The State appeals the Court of Appeals' decision1 reversing the denial of a directed verdict of acquittal. We affirm.

FACTS

Dr. Cox was missing for three days when his body was found off a dirt road near I-95 in Colleton County on June 21, 1997. He had been shot...

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