STATE v. WILLIAMS

Appellate Case No. 2019-000222. Opinion No. 5918.

437 S.C. 100 (2022)

876 S.E.2d 324

The STATE, Respondent, v. Devonta Edward WILLIAMS, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Filed June 15, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Appellate Defender Joanna Katherine Delany , of Columbia, 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, for Respondent.


This case calls on us to again address the specific intent crime of attempted murder. Devonta Edward Williams argues the trial court should have directed a verdict of acquittal because he sees no evidence he intended to kill the particular individual named in one of his attempted murder indictments. The trial court sent the case to the...

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