State v. Allen

Lewis, Chief Justice.

Appellants Ambry DeWitt Allen, Jr., and Charles Waymon Patrick were charged, along with Daniel Warren, with the commission of a burglary in Abbeville County, South Carolina, during which the owner of the home was shot. They have appealed from their subsequent conviction and sentence to imprisonment for life. The exceptions charge error (1) in the refusal to dismiss the indictment because of the alleged failure to grant a speedy trial, (2) in the refusal to grant a severance, (3) in the admission of certain evidence, and (4) in failing to conduct an evidentiary hearing…