State v. Lowry

Harwell, Chief Justice:

We granted petitioner Eric Douglas Lowry’s petition for writ of certiorari to review the Court of Appeals’ decision in State v. Lowry, _ S.C. _, 424 S.E. (2d) 549 (Ct. App. 1992). Lowry contends that the Court of Appeals erred in ruling that he was not entitled to a charge on voluntary manslaughter. We agree, and reverse and remand for a new trial.

I. FACTS

In December 1990 Lowry and some friends were drinking beer outside a family-run grocery store in York. The decedent approached the group and began berating Lowry. The two men commenced arguing and “bumped chests,”…