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State v. Halcomb

Court of Appeals of South Carolina

Decided March 11, 2009No. 4516PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtGeathers, J.

This is an appeal from a murder conviction. In a joint trial with Luzenski “Allen” Cottrell (Cottrell), Appellant Fred R. Halcomb (Halcomb) was found guilty of the murder of Jonathan “Jon Jon” Love (Love). Halcomb asserts the trial court erred when it denied his motion for severance of trial and when it refused to admit certain evidence that allegedly demonstrated codefendant Cottrell’s personal motive for murdering Love. We affirm.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

After Halcomb and Cottrell were indicted for Love’s murder, Halcomb made a pretrial motion for severance of trial that was denied.…

2Cases cited31 opinions

  1. Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. State v. WilsonSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2001
  3. State v. PaganSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2006
  4. State v. KelseySupreme Court of South Carolina · 1998
  5. First Savings Bank v. McLeanSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1994

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. State v. SpearsCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 2011
  2. State v. MitchellCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 2012
  3. State v. SmithCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 2014
  4. State v. BrownCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 2019
  5. State v. GreenCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 2021

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