State v. Grainger

Lewis, Chief Justice:

Appellant was convicted of voluntary manslaughter under an indictment charging him with the murder of Detective William Patrick Messer of the Charleston County Police Department, and was sentenced to imprisonment for a term *419of twenty-seven (27) years. He has appealed charging that the trial judge erred in (1) permitting the introduction of evidence concerning other criminal acts allegedly committed by appellant, (2) refusing to suppress all evidence obtained after his arrest because the arrest was allegedly unlawful, and (3) refusing to direct a verdict of acquittal on…