State v. Collington

The appellant, Linda Collington, was charged with murder of a new born infant, Baby Collington, on or about November 17, 1971. At the January 1972 term of court for Orangeburg Co.unty she was convicted of manslaughter and now appeals from her conviction and resulting sentence.

In November 1971, appellant was a student at South Carolina State College in Orangeburg. On Friday, November 19th, a new born dead infant was found in a trash bin on the college campus by a garbage collector. The appellant, during the course of investigation, gave law enforcement officers a written statement wherein she…