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STATE v. BENTON

Appellate Case No. 2017-002553. Opinion No. 5868.

435 S.C. 250 (2021)

865 S.E.2d 919

The STATE, Respondent, v. Tommy Lee BENTON, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Filed October 13, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Walker Humphrey, II , of Willoughby & Hoefer, PA, of Charleston, and Chief Appellate Defender Robert Michael Dudek , of Columbia, both for Appellant.

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson , Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka , Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Melody Jane Brown , and Assistant Attorney General Tommy Evans Jr. , all of Columbia, and Solicitor Jimmy A. Richardson, II , of Conway, all for Respondent.

Tommy Lee Benton appeals his convictions for murder, first-degree burglary, first-degree arson, and third-degree arson, arguing the circuit court erred in (1) trying his case after previously granting a mistrial on the same charges and (2) admitting into evidence certain crime scene photographs...

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