State v. Durden

264 S.C. 86 (1975)

212 S.E.2d 587

The STATE, Respondent,

v.

Douglas DURDEN, Appellant.

19973

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

March 13, 1975.

Thomas F. Allgood, Esq., of Allgood & Childs, Aiken, for Appellant.

Messrs. C. LaVaun Fox, Sol., of Aiken and Daniel R. McLeod, Atty. Gen., Robert M. Ariail, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Joseph R. Barker, Staff Atty., of Columbia, for Respondent.

March 13, 1975.

LITTLEJOHN, Justice:

Douglas Durden, the appellant, was tried for murder and convicted of voluntary manslaughter, resulting in a sentence of 20 years imprisonment.

He killed Dalmer Jackson Carter, who was the…