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STATE v. COMMANDER

No. 4560.

384 S.C. 66 (2009)

681 S.E.2d 31

The STATE, Respondent, v. Christopher Sam COMMANDER, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Decided June 11, 2009.

Rehearing Denied August 25, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deputy Chief Appellate Defender for Capital Appeals Robert M. Dudek and Assistant Appellate Defender LaNelle C. DuRant, South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense, 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, Office of the Attorney General, of Columbia; and Solicitor Warren B. Giese of Columbia, for Respondent.

GEATHERS, J.:

Appellant Christopher Commander seeks review of his murder conviction. He challenges the trial court's admission of certain expert testimony and the trial court's failure to charge the jury on the defense of accident. We affirm.

FACTS/PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Commander's pregnant girlfriend, Gervonya Goodwin, was last seen alive by members of her family on November 29, 2004. On January 7, 2005, her family discovered her body covered with...

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