State v. Cooper

439 S.E.2d 276 (1994)

The STATE, Respondent,

v.

Gene Tony COOPER, Appellant.

No. 23987.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Heard January 19, 1993.

Decided January 10, 1994.

Rehearing Denied February 3, 1994.

David I. Bruck, and South Carolina Office of Appellate Defense, Columbia, for appellant.

Atty. Gen. T. Travis Medlock, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen. Donald J. Zelenka, Asst. Attys. Gen. Harold M. Coombs, Jr., and William Edgar Salter, III, Columbia, and Sol. Donald V. Myers, Lexington, for respondent.

CHANDLER, Justice:

Appellant Gene Tony Cooper (Cooper) was convicted of murder, armed robbery, kidnapping…