STATE v. YOUNG

Opinion No. 5501.

420 S.C. 608 (2017)

803 S.E.2d 888

The STATE, Respondent, v. Lorenzo Bernard YOUNG, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Filed July 19, 2017.

Rehearing Denied September 21, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Appellate Defender David Alexander , of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson , Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka , Assistant Attorney General Susannah Rawl Cole , and Solicitor Daniel Edward Johnson , all of Columbia, for Respondent.


After a joint trial, Lorenzo Young and Trenton Barnes were convicted by a jury of murder, kidnapping, second-degree burglary, and attempted armed robbery. On appeal, Young argues the trial court abused its discretion in (1) admitting a letter written by Barnes as a statement against penal interest...

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