CHESTER (AP) A South Carolina man sentenced to life in prison when he was 16 has been sentenced again to life behind bars for the 1988 double homicide. The Associated Press reports 46-year-old Theodore Harrison was sentenced June 15. His ...

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The state presented sufficient evidence that defendant took many drugs, including morphine, and breastfed the 46-day-old victim, Alexis. The state also presented ample evidence that would permit the jury to logically and reasonably conclude that defendant’s morphine consumption while breastfeeding ...

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A Spartanburg County coroner offered improper opinion testimony when testified as a lay witness that a victim’s death was due to homicide, the South Carolina Court of Appeals has ruled. The court vacated a murder conviction handed down in 2014 ...

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CONWAY, S.C. (AP) — A Conway man who was cleared in a child’s death after spending nearly four years in prison is suing Horry County and the investigator who handled his case. The Sun News of Myrtle Beach reported that ...

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State v. Phillips (Lawyers Weekly No. 010-011-16, 10 pp.) (Kaye Hearn, J.) Appealed from Pickens County Circuit Court (D. Garrison Hill, J.) On writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals. S.C. S. Ct. Holding: In deciding whether the trial ...

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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A U.S. Marshals Service deputy in South Dakota shot and killed a man who was wanted in a homicide in South Carolina, authorities said. Sioux Falls Police Officer Sam Clemens said authorities received a tip ...

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State v. Palmer (Lawyers Weekly No. 010-088-15, 12 pp.) (Costa Pleicones, J.) Appealed from Horry County Circuit Court (Larry Hyman Jr., J.) On writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals. S.C. S. Ct. Holding: Although the state’s evidence could ...

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SPARTANBURG (AP) — Three people have been arrested in the shooting death of a 33-year-old man in Spartanburg County. Multiple media outlets reported Wednesday that Spartanburg County Coroner Rusty Clevenger told them Eddie Richards was found dead at his home ...

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PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — A South African judge on Friday found Oscar Pistorius guilty of culpable homicide in the shooting death of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp and declared him not guilty of murder. Prosecutors said they were disappointed by the ...

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Richardson v. State (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-030-14, 6 pp.) (John C. Few, C.J.) Appealed from Kershaw County PCR Court (L. Casey Manning, Trial Ct. J.) (G. Thomas Cooper, Jr., PCR J.) S.C. App. Holding: In this appeal from an order ...

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