STATE v. REESE

No. 26195.

370 S.C. 31 (2006)

633 S.E.2d 898

The STATE, Petitioner/Respondent, v. Willie Earle REESE, Jr., Respondent/Petitioner.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided August 7, 2006.

Rehearing Denied September 7, 2006.


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, Senior Assistant Attorney General William Edgar Salter, III; and Solicitor W. Barney Giese, all of Columbia, for Petitioner-Respondent.

Jack B. Swerling, of Columbia, for Respondent-Petitioner.


Justice MOORE:

Willie Earl Reese, Jr. was convicted of murder and sentenced to imprisonment for thirty-five years. The Court of Appeals reversed Reese's conviction, holding that the trial judge erred in: (1) failing to charge the jury on involuntary manslaughter; and (2) denying Reese's motion for a mistrial based on the solicitor's closing argument. State v. Reese, 359 S.C. 260, 597 S.E.2d 169

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