Legal Opinion
State v. McHoney
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided March 19, 2001No. 25264PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TOAL, Chief Justice:
Spencer Leonard McHoney (“McHoney”) appeals his murder conviction and his life imprisonment sentence. We affirm.
Facts/Procedural Background
On November 15, 1995, Violet White’s (“Victim”) parents went to her home and found her with her throat slashed and with numerous stab wounds in her abdomen. Her parents rushed her to the hospital where Helen Nelson (“Nelson”), a nurse on duty, attended to her. Nelson testified that when the victim was removed from her parent’s vehicle, the victim’s head fell back “like a PEZ toy,” and the width of the cut on her neck was wide enough to…
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