Legal Opinion
State v. Kelsey
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided June 8, 1998No. 24801PublishedCited by 98 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TOAL, Acting Chief Justice:
This case involves the murder of fifteen-year-old Melanie Richey. Joseph Kelsey and Geoffrey Payne were tried together and convicted of Richey’s murder. Kelsey appeals his conviction. We affirm.
Factual/Procedural Background
In early July 1994, sixteen-year-old Kelsey was staying with his friend, seventeen-year-old Mike Kirchner in Martinez, Georgia. On Monday, July 11, 1994, Kirchner left to go to work, leaving Kelsey, seventeen-year-old Geoffrey Payne, and seventeen-year-old Jamie Lynn Lee (“Defendants”) alone in the house. Defendants decided to manufacture homemade…
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