State v. Howard

Gregory, Justice:

Appellants Howard and Weldon were tried jointly and convicted of murder, kidnapping, armed robbery, and conspiracy. Both were sentenced to death plus twenty-five years for armed robbery and five years for conspiracy. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand.

Appellants were convicted of murdering Chinh Le, a Vietnamese woman who disappeared upon leaving her place of work in Greenville, South Carolina, one night in August 1985. The victim’s naked body was discovered several weeks later under kudzu vines near a road in an isolated area of *466Greenville County. The body was…