State v. Plemmons

Harwell, Justice:

The appellant Jerry W. Plemmons was found guilty of murder and armed robbery by a Union County jury and sentenced to death pursuant to S. C. Code Ann. § 16-3-25 (1976), as amended. The case is before this Court pursuant to appellant’s direct appeal and the mandatory review provisions of the Code. We affirm.

The appellant shot his 72 year old grandmother Pearl Plemmons, with whom he lived, through the heart. He robbed her of several thousand dollars, which she carried in a pouch in her brassiere, and took change belonging to her which he found in the house.

The appellant…