State v. Tate

Finney, Justice:

Appellant, Joe Tate, Jr., was convicted of kidnapping, first degree criminal sexual conduct and armed robbery. He was sentenced to life imprisonment for kidnapping, thirty (30) years for criminal sexual conduct, and twenty-five (25) years for armed robbery. We reverse and remand.

Tate alleges that the trial judge erred in allowing a “mug shot” of him to be admitted into evidence.

On December 23, 1983, the victim was abducted by two men from a Fast Fare Market in Spartanburg County, and taken to a nearby lake where she was raped and robbed at gun point. Her abductors placed a…