State v. Carpenter

262 S.C. 401 (1974)

205 S.E.2d 141

The STATE, Respondent,

v.

Harold CARPENTER, Appellant.

19820

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

May 8, 1974.

Messrs. Sol. E. Abrams and Richard N. Tapp, of Abrams, Bowen, Hagins & Robertson, Greenville, for Appellant.

Messrs. Daniel R. McLeod, Atty. Gen., Robert M. Ariail, Asst. Atty. Gen., of Columbia, and C. Victor Pyle, Sol., of Greenville, for Respondent.

May 8, 1974.

MOSS, Chief Justice:

Harold Carpenter, the appellant herein, and his brother Bennett Ray Carpenter, were tried in the Greenville County Court upon the charge of committing an assault and battery of a…