Sims v. State

Bowles, Justice.

Appellant Charlie Lee Sims was indicted by a Sumter County grand jury for armed robbery and felony murder. He was tried along with two co-defendants and found guilty of both offenses. His co-defendants, indicted on the same two counts, were found guilty of armed robbery, and a mistrial was declared as to the felony murder charges against them. The trial court, finding the armed robbery count to be an integral part of and merged into the felony murder count, vacated appellant’s conviction of armed robbery, and sentenced appellant to life imprisonment for murder. We affirm.

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