Legal Opinion
State v. Hughes
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided October 4, 1999No. 25003PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MOORE, Justice:
Appellant was sentenced to death for the murder of Officer Brent McCants who was killed during a routine traffic stop. We affirm.
FACTS
On September 25, 1992, appellant and Eric Forney, armed with a gun, accosted two college students in the parking lot of a restaurant in Charlotte, North Carolina, and stole their car. The two men then drove to Rock Hill where Officer McCants stopped them for driving without headlights. McCants was shot several times and his police-issue walkie-talkie was taken from his belt as he lay on the side of the road. Appellant and Forney were apprehended…
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