STATE v. TAYLOR

Opinion No. 5655.

427 S.C. 208 (2019)

829 S.E.2d 723

The STATE, Respondent, v. Billy Lemurces TAYLOR, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Filed June 12, 2019.

Rehearing Denied July 15, 2019.


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 , Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Melody Jane Brown , Assistant Attorney General Alphonso Simon, Jr. , Assistant Attorney General Samuel Marion Bailey , all of Columbia, and Solicitor William Walter Wilkins, III , of Greenville, for Respondent.


Seven hours and twenty minutes into their deliberations following four days of trial, the jury in Billy L. Taylor's criminal trial informed the trial court they were at an impasse. The trial court sent the jury home for the night. The next morning, the trial court gave the jury a charge derived from Allen v. United States,

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