State v. Merriman

*89ORDER ON REHEARING

Bell, Judge:

We granted a rehearing in this case on the limited question of whether a witness is statutorily disqualified from giving evidence by his prior conviction for perjury.

Section 16-9-10, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, provides that a convicted perjurer’s oath shall not be received in any court of record in South Carolina. In our prior opinion, we held that this statute, a reception of 5 Eliz. c. 9 (1563) enacted by our Legislature in 1712, was repealed by the later enactment of Code Section 19-11-60, which provides that no person shall be disqualified to…