State v. Bethea

241 S.C. 16 (1962)

126 S.E.2d 846

The STATE, Respondent,

v.

W.M. BETHEA, Appellant.

17945

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

July 20, 1962.

Messrs. Goldberg & Cottingham, John C. Lindsay, and Tison & Tison, of Bennettsville, for Appellant.

Robert L. Kilgo, Esq., Solicitor, of Darlington, for Respondent.

Messrs. Goldberg & Cottingham, John C. Lindsay and Tison & Tison, of Bennettsville, for Appellant, in Reply.

July 20, 1962.

BRAILSFORD, Justice.

On August 31, 1960, Leona Prevatte was shot twice with a pistol. She died the next day. W.M. Bethea was tried at the June, 1961, term of the court, Honorable J.A.…