State v. Young

HILL, J.:

**612After a joint trial, Lorenzo Young and Trenton Barnes were convicted by a jury of murder, kidnapping, second-degree burglary, and attempted armed robbery. On appeal, Young argues the trial court abused its discretion in (1) admitting a letter written by Barnes as a statement against penal interest, Rule 804(b)(3), SCRE ; and (2) failing to grant his motion for mistrial. We find the letter was admitted in error, and the error was not cured by the trial court's instruction to disregard the letter. We conclude, however, that the error in admitting the letter and any error in…