State v. DeBerry

Littlejohn, Justice.

The defendant, J. D. DeBerry, was indicted for, tried and convicted by a jury, of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature upon Charleston County Patrolman, J. T. Brown, in August, 1966.

The defendant moved for a directed verdict at the end of the State’s case, at the end of the entire case, and moved to set aside the verdict, or in the alternative, for a new trial after the verdict of the jury. All motions were overruled and sentence imposed.

Approximately three months later defendant moved for a new trial on the ground that women were systematically excluded…