City of Columbia v. Felder

Rhodes, Justice:

As a result of an automobile collision at an intersection of two Columbia streets, respondent was charged and convicted in a trial without jury of failure to yield right-of-way in violation of section 56-5-2320, South Carolina Code (1976) in the Columbia Municipal Court. Upon appeal, the Richland County Court, although it determined there was sufficient testimony on which to base a conviction, found error in a statement of the law by the trial judge during a colloquy with defense counsel and reversed the lower court’s conviction. There had been no contemporaneous objection…