STATE v. BEEKMAN

No. 5145.

405 S.C. 225 (2013)

746 S.E.2d 483

The STATE, Respondent, v. Richard Burton BEEKMAN, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Decided June 26, 2013.

Rehearing Denied August 22, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Appellate Defender Dayne C. Phillips , of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Assistant Attorney General Christina J. Catoe , both of Columbia, for Respondent.


HUFF, J.

Appellant, Richard Burton Beekman, was convicted of criminal sexual conduct (CSC) with a minor in the first degree and lewd act upon a child. On appeal, Beekman contends the trial court erred in: (1) refusing to sever the two charges because they involved two victims, did not arise out of a single chain of circumstances, and were not provable by the same evidence; (2) admitting alleged prior bad act evidence where there was only a general similarity between...

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