Legal Opinion
State v. Navy
Court of Appeals of South Carolina
Decided July 31, 2006No. 4143PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEATTY, J.:
Kenneth Navy appeals his conviction for homicide by child abuse, arguing the trial court erred in: (1) admitting three inculpatory statements; and (2) refusing to grant a new trial as a result of the State’s treatment of defense witnesses and closing argument. We reverse.
FACTS
On February 9, 2003, Navy and his neighbor, Terry Crock-er, were at Navy’s residence watching television. Navy’s twenty-three-month-old son, Kenneth Navy, III (the “victim”), was upstairs taking a nap. At some point the victim became distressed, and 911 was called. Emergency workers responding to that call…
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