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STATE v. WARD

No. 4270.

374 S.C. 606 (2007)

649 S.E.2d 145

The STATE, Respondent, v. John Henry WARD, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Decided June 29, 2007.

Rehearing Denied August 24, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Watkins, Jr. of Greenville, and 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, Assistant Attorney General Melody Brown, of Columbia, for Respondent.

HEARN, C.J.

John Henry Ward appeals his murder conviction, arguing the trial court erred by (1) refusing to grant a mistrial after the State insinuated the crime revolved around gang activity, (2) permitting autopsy photos to be admitted, (3) charging the jury that "the hand of one is the hand of all," (4) refusing to grant a directed verdict in Ward's favor, and (5) allowing the State to play a recording of a co-defendant's testimony from a prior trial. We affirm...

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