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STATE v. McDONALD

No. 5033.

400 S.C. 272 (2012)

734 S.E.2d 167

The STATE, Respondent, v. Derrick McDONALD, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Decided September 12, 2012.

Rehearing Denied November 30, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chief Appellate Defender Robert Michael Dudek , of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Alan Wilson , Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh , Assistant Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka , and Assistant Attorney General Melody Jane Brown , all of Columbia, and Solicitor Daniel E. Johnson , of Columbia, for Respondent.

SHORT, J.

Derrick McDonald appeals from his convictions of murder and burglary in the first degree. He argues the trial court erred in admitting the statement of his non-testifying co-defendant, given to a law enforcement officer during the course of the investigation, without adequately redacting the portions of the co-defendant's statement implicating McDonald because it denied him of his right to confront and cross-examine the witness. We affirm.

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