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STATE v. SIMS

Opinion No. 5631.

426 S.C. 115 (2019)

825 S.E.2d 731

The STATE, Respondent, v. Heather Elizabeth SIMS, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Filed February 27, 2019.

Rehearing Denied April 19, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Morgan Martin , of Law Offices of L. Morgan Martin, P.A., and Benjamin Alexander Hyman , of The Hyman Law Group, P.A., both of Conway; and Blake A. Hewitt , of Bluestein Thompson Sullivan, LLC, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Assistant Attorney General William Frederick Schumacher, IV , both of Columbia; and Solicitor Jimmy A. Richardson, II , of Conway, for Respondent.

Heather Sims appeals her conviction of voluntary manslaughter for which she was sentenced to twenty-five years' imprisonment, suspended to ten years' imprisonment and five years' probation. Sims argues the circuit court erred in instructing the jury on voluntary manslaughter. We reverse.

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