State v. Smith

Gregory, Justice:

The appellant, Robert Lee Smith, was arrested on April 14, 1971, and charged with the murder of Mrs. Meta Fogle, whose body was found in a wooded area near McClellanville, in Charleston County.

The Charleston Family Court held a series of hearings in the case, determined that there was probable cause to believe appellant committed the crime as charged, and bound the case over to General Sessions for trial. Appellant was indicted by the Charleston County Grand Jury, and the case was called for trial on January 27, 1972, before the Honorable E. Flarry Agnew, Presiding Judge of…