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STATE v. HEPBURN

No. 27336.

406 S.C. 416 (2013)

753 S.E.2d 402

The STATE, Respondent, v. Ashley N. HEPBURN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided December 11, 2013.

Rehearing Denied January 31, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew A. Mathias , of Nexsen Pruet, LLC, of Greenville, for Appellant.

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson , Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh , Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott , all of Columbia, and Solicitor Jerry W. Peace , of Greenwood, South Carolina, for Respondent.

E. Charles Grose, Jr. , of The Grose Law Firm, LLC, of Greenwood, and James W. Bannister , of Bannister & Wyatt, LLC, of Greenville, for Amicus Curiae, South Carolina Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

Chief Justice TOAL.

Ashley N. Hepburn (Appellant) appeals her conviction for homicide by child abuse. We reverse the circuit court's denial of Appellant's mid-trial motion for a directed verdict.

FACTS/PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

On the evening of October 13, 2009, sixteen-month-old Audrina Hepburn (the victim) became unresponsive and was admitted to the hospital in Greenwood, South Carolina. She eventually died in a Greenville hospital on October 17,...

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