STATE v. COLLINS

No. 27439.

409 S.C. 524 (2014)

763 S.E.2d 22

The STATE, Petitioner, v. Bentley COLLINS, Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided August 20, 2014.

Rehearing Denied September 24, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Assistant Attorney General William M. Blitch, Jr. , both of Columbia, for Petitioner.

Appellate Defender Susan Barber Hackett , of Columbia, for Respondent.


Justice BEATTY.

Respondent Bentley Collins was convicted of involuntary manslaughter and three counts of owning a dangerous animal causing injury to a person after a ten-year-old boy was killed and partially eaten by his dogs, most of whom were pitbull mixes. The State appeals from a decision of the Court of Appeals that reversed and remanded the matter for a new trial based solely on the trial court's admission of seven...

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