State v. Hamlet

Chandler, Justice:

Appellant (Hamlet) was convicted of first degree burglary and grand larceny and given concurrent sentences of twenty-five years and ten years, respectively. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

On the evening of Monday, November 11, 1985, James Feagin was fox hunting in the vicinity of a house owned by Flora Kennedy. Mrs. Kennedy, who stayed in the house only on weekends, was at her residence in Columbia.

Feagin was parked on the side of the road just beyond the house. When he turned on his headlights, he saw one man getting out of a nearby ditch and another heading into an…