STATE v. BRYANT

No. 26906.

390 S.C. 638 (2011)

704 S.E.2d 344

The STATE, Respondent, v. Stephen Corey BRYANT, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided January 7, 2011.

Rehearing Denied February 2, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chief Appellate Defender Robert M. Dudek and Senior Appellate Defender Joseph L. Savitz, III , both of South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster , Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh , and Assistant Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka , all of Columbia, and Solicitor Cecil Kelly Jackson , of Sumter, for Respondent.


Justice PLEICONES:

This is an appeal from a capital plea and sentencing. The opinion consolidates the appeal and the mandatory proportionality review. We affirm.

FACTS

Appellant began a crime spree with a first degree burglary on October 5, 2004. By the time the spree ended eight days later, appellant had committed three murders, assault and battery with intent to kill (ABIK), two more burglaries, and arson. While incarcerated awaiting trial...

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