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STATE v. LOCKAMY

No. 4121.

369 S.C. 378 (2006)

631 S.E.2d 555

The STATE, Respondent, v. Dana LOCKAMY, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Decided June 12, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Assistant Appellate Defender Robert M. Dudek, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka, Assistant Attorney General S. Creighton Waters, all of Columbia; and Solicitor Jay E. Hodge, Jr., of Cheraw, for Respondent.

WILLIAMS, J.:

A Marlboro County jury convicted Dana Lockamy of murder in the death of his brother, James E. Lockamy, and the trial court sentenced him to thirty years in prison. On appeal, Lockamy argues the trial court erred in failing to instruct the jury on the law of self-defense given the events surrounding the shooting. We affirm.

FACTS

The Lockamys own a thirty-acre parcel of land in Marlboro County. Both Dana and his brother, James, lived...

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