STATE v. McDONALD

No. 27515.

412 S.C. 133 (2015)

771 S.E.2d 840

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

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided April 22, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chief Appellate Defender Robert M. Dudek, of Columbia, for Petitioner.

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


Petitioner Derrick McDonald and two codefendants were convicted of murder and first-degree burglary. The court of appeals affirmed, rejecting McDonald's argument that his Confrontation Clause rights were violated when the trial court admitted the redacted confession of one of his nontestifying codefendants. We granted a writ of...

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