State v. Leiderman

Lewis, Acting Chief Justice.

The defendant Harley W. Leiderman has appealed from his conviction in the Court of General Sessions for Charleston County of the offense of assault with intent to ravish. The defendant seeks a new trial because of alleged error in the instructions to the jury and in the rulings of the lower court as to the admissibility of certain testimony. Since we have concluded that the judgment of the lower court must be reversed and a new trial ordered because of prejudicial error in the charge to the jury, we need consider only the exceptions relevant to that phase of the…