State v. Allen

Littlejohn, Justice:

Defendant Jack Leland Allen was tried iii Florence County for the murder of Nancy Amaker. The jury found him guilty of willful, deliberate, and premediated murder and of murder during the commission of a kidnapping; defendant was sentenced to death pursuant to § 16-52, Code of Laws of South Carolina (1962) as amended (Supp. 1975).

Defendant has appealed his conviction and sentence, raising eleven questions for our determination. We have, in favorem vitae, carefully considered the arguments of counsel on all issues, whether the alleged errors were raised in the lower court…