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STATE v. BLACKWELL

Opinion No. 27722.

420 S.C. 127 (2017)

801 S.E.2d 713

The STATE, Respondent, v. Ricky Lee BLACKWELL, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Filed May 31, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chief Appellate Defender Robert Michael Dudek and Appellate Defender David Alexander , both of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson , Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh , Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka , and Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Melody J. Brown , all of Columbia, and Solicitor Barry J. Barnette , of Spartanburg, for Respondent.

Meliah Bowers Jefferson , of Wyche, P.A., of Greenville, for Amicus Curiae National Crime Victim Law Institute. Lindsey D. Jacobs and Patricia Revenhorst , both of Greenville, for Amicus Curiae South Carolina Victim Assistance Network.

This is a consolidated direct appeal and mandatory review from a sentence of death.1 A jury convicted Ricky Lee Blackwell of kidnapping and killing eight-year-old Heather Brooke Center ("Brooke"), the daughter of his ex-wife's boyfriend, and recommended a sentence of death. Following sentencing...

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