STATE v. PALMER

No. 27552.

413 S.C. 410 (2015)

776 S.E.2d 558

The STATE, Respondent/Petitioner, v. Robert PALMER, Petitioner/Respondent. and The State, Petitioner/Respondent, v. Julia Gorman, Respondent/Petitioner.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided July 29, 2015.

Rehearing Denied September 23, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Appellate Defender Robert M. Pachak , of Columbia, for Respondent/Petitioner, Robert Palmer.

Appellate Defender Susan Barber Hackett , of Columbia, for Respondent/Petitioner, Julia Gorman.


Petitioners Julia Gorman and Robert Palmer were tried jointly for the death of Gorman's seventeen month-old grandson (victim). Palmer and Gorman, who lived together but were not married, were each convicted of homicide by child abuse (homicide), aiding and abetting homicide by child abuse (aiding and abetting), and unlawful conduct...

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