STATE v. WILLIAMS

Opinion No. 27895.

427 S.C. 246 (2019)

830 S.E.2d 904

The STATE, Respondent, v. Jalann Lee WILLIAMS, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Filed June 19, 2019.

Rehearing Denied August 15, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chief Appellate Defender Robert Michael Dudek , of Columbia, for Petitioner.

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson , Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka , Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Melody J. Brown , Assistant Attorney General Sherrie Butterbaugh , all of Columbia; and Solicitor Scarlett Anne Wilson , of Charleston, for Respondent.


In this appeal from a conviction for murder, we hold the trial court properly refused to charge the law of self-defense. The defendant shot and killed the victim with an unlawfully-possessed pistol the defendant intentionally brought to an illegal drug transaction. We find the defendant was at fault in bringing on the violence. We affirm...

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