STATE v. HILL

No. 4507.

382 S.C. 360 (2009)

675 S.E.2d 764

The STATE, Respondent, v. Jomer HILL, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Decided February 24, 2009.

Rehearing Denied May 5, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deputy Chief Appellate Defender for Capital Appeals 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 Melody J. Brown, of Columbia; and Solicitor Robert Mills Ariail, of Greenville, for Respondent.


KONDUROS, J.:

Jomer Hill appeals his murder convictions arguing the trial court erred in admitting testimony of a police informant who was allowed to invoke the Fifth Amendment on cross-examination. Hill further contends the trial court erred in failing to give a jury instruction permitting the jury to draw an adverse inference from the informant's refusal to answer questions and in denying his motion for mistrial based on the solicitor's closing argument. We affirm...

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