Legal Opinion
State v. Ballington
Court of Appeals of South Carolina
Decided May 29, 2001No. 3346PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HEARN, Chief Judge:
Thomas Ray Ballington was convicted of murdering his wife, Edna Lynn Ballington (Wife). He was sentenced to life imprisonment. He appeals, arguing that (1) because a magistrate reduced the grand jury’s murder indictment to a charge of manslaughter, the court of general sessions lacked jurisdiction to try him for murder; (2) the trial court erred in admitting an incriminating statement he made to police; and (3) the trial court erred in failing to grant his directed verdict motion. We affirm.
FACTS
Sometime after 2:00 p.m. on September 24, 1998, West. Columbia firefighters…
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