Legal Opinion
State v. Lynch
Court of Appeals of South Carolina
Decided March 18, 2015No. Appellate Case No. 2012-212547; No. 5304PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLockemy, J.
This case arises out of the disappearance of Portia Washington and her granddaughter, Angelica Livingston (collectively, the victims). The victims were last seen on June 10, 2006. Their bodies have never been recovered. The State indicted Kenneth Lynch with grand larceny of Portia’s car and with the murder of the victims. Lynch was convicted as indicted following a bench trial before the Honorable Eugene C. Griffith, Jr. The State sought the death penalty; however, the trial court sentenced Lynch to two terms of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for the murders and ten…
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