Legal Opinion
State v. Longworth
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided October 25, 1993No. 23943PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Moore, Justice:
Appellant was convicted of kidnapping, armed robbery, and two counts of murder in connection with the deaths of Alex Hopps and James Todd Greene, employees of the West-gate Mall Cinema in Spartanburg. Appellant was sentenced to death for the murders and kidnapping plus twenty-five years for armed robbery.1 We affirm.
JURY ISSUES
Appellant moved for a change of venue based on pretrial publicity. The State agreed appellant should not be tried by a Spartanburg County jury and consented to selection of a jury in another county pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 17-21-85 (Supp. 1992). This…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Tison v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- State v. CopelandSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1982
- State v. GreenSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1990
- State v. DavisSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1992
- State v. DawkinsSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1989
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3Cited by29 opinions
- Richard Longworth v. Jon E. Ozmint, Commissioner, South Carolina Department of Corrections Henry McMaster Attorney General, State of South CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2004
- State v. PattersonSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1997
- State v. HicksSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1998
- State v. YoungSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1995
- State v. McWeeSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1996
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