State v. Woody

359 S.C. 1 (2004)

596 S.E.2d 907

The STATE, Petitioner,

v.

Minyard Lee WOODY, Respondent.

No. 25801.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Heard February 4, 2004.

Decided April 5, 2004.

Rehearing Denied June 15, 2004.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Charles H. Richardson, Assistant Attorney General Melody J. Brown, all of Columbia; and Harold W. Gowdy, III, of Spartanburg, for Petitioner.

Assistant Appellate Defender Aileen P. Clare, of Columbia, for Respondent.

Chief Justice TOAL:

The State argues that the Court of…