Schramm v. State

Benham, Justice.

While a pedestrian on a McDuffie County road, Kyle Conrad White III was struck and killed by a van driven by appellant Matthew David Schramm. Schramm was convicted of malice murder in connection with White’s death, as well as the aggravated assault of Charles William Odum, who was walking with White.1

Odum testified he and White saw the van driven by appellant coming at them and that it accelerated as it left the road and bore down on them, causing Odum to believe they were going to die. When the van struck the victim, his head cracked the windshield and his *114body landed 83 feet…