State v. Smith

Taylor, Justice.

Appellant, James Eugene Smith, was tried and convicted of the crime of murder and sentenced to death at the June, 1953, Term of the Court of General Sessions for Abbeville County. A motion for a new trial was duly made and granted by order of the Honorable Steve C. Griffith, dated July 31, 1953. The case was again called for trial at the September, 1953, Term of General Sessions Court for Abbeville County, resulting in appellant being again convicted as charged and sentenced to death, and he now appeals contending that the trial Court erred in refusing to grant a continuance…