State v. Williams
Court of Appeals of South Carolina
1Opinion of the Court
Sanders, Chief Judge:
Appellant Lee M. Williams appeals his conviction for armed robbery, arguing that he is entitled to a new trial because the trial judge erred in allowing certain testimony. We reverse and remand.
I
THE EVIDENCE
The evidence contained in the record before us can be summarized as follows:
A female employee of an apartment complex testified that a man wearing an “army coat” with a stocking cap over his face walked into the rental office of the complex and pointed a rifle at her. She went on to testify that the man threw a pink pocketbook on her desk and, in a soft, “feminine”…
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