STATE v. WILLIAMS

Opinion No. 27893.

427 S.C. 148 (2019)

829 S.E.2d 702

The STATE, Respondent, v. Gerald Rudell WILLIAMS, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Filed June 12, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Appellate Defender David Alexander , of Columbia, for Petitioner.

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Assistant Attorney General William F. Schumacher IV , both of Columbia, and Solicitor S.R. Hubbard III , of Lexington, all for Respondent.


In this case, the Court is asked whether and to what extent the common law doctrine of transferred intent applies to the newly-codified crime of attempted murder. Petitioner Gerald Williams was convicted of three counts of attempted murder related to his alleged shooting into an occupied mobile home where he knew his intended...

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