Legal Opinion

State v. Kinloch

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided July 28, 1970No. 19088Published

1Opinion of the Court

Lewis, Justice.

Defendants, James Kinloch, Jr. and Harvey Teel, jointly indicted, were convicted in the County Court of Charleston County of the offense of robbery, from which they have prosecuted this appeal. The only issue properly preserved for review is whether the trial court erred in refusing to grant the timely motion of the defendants for a directed verdict of not guilty.

A review of the refusal of the motion for a directed verdict involves a determination of whether there was any evidence *552to sustain the conviction. In doing so, the testimony and the reasonable inferences to be drawn…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Dukes v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1966

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