State v. Young

Chandler, Justice:

Appellant, Kevin Dean Young (Young), was convicted of murder and sentenced to death. This appeal consolidates his direct appeal and the mandatory review provision of S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-25 (1976).

We affirm the conviction, reverse the sentence and remand for resentencing.

FACTS

On August 31,1988, at approximately 10:00 p.m., Young and two friends, John Glenn and William Bell, went to the West Franklin Street Elementary School in Anderson, South Carolina, armed with a .25 caliber pistol. Bell searched a red Chevrolet parked nearby but found nothing to steal.

The school…