Legal Opinion
State v. Benjamin
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided July 2, 2001No. 25316PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALLER, Justice:
Benjamin was convicted of murder and armed robbery and respectively sentenced to life and thirty years. We affirm.
FACTS
On May 7, 1997, Benjamin and a co-defendant, Tyrone Aiken, robbed the Sweetwater Citgo convenience store in Calhoun County. Aiken shot and killed the store’s employee, Dale Walker, and the two stole approximately $100.00 from the register. Benjamin and Aiken then went, along with several accomplices who had waited in the car during the robbery, and bought alcohol and drugs with the stolen money. Several hours later, they robbed Dodger’s Convenience store in…
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3Cited by8 opinions
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