Legal Opinion
State v. Asbury
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided November 10, 1997No. 24712PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*190BURNETT, Justice:
The appellant, Willie James Asbury, appeals his convictions of murder and kidnaping.1 We affirm.
FACTS
On January 1, 1992, Ezell Lawrence was found dead in his home. His feet were bound and his hands were tied behind his back with electrical cord. A shirt was tied around his neck and part of the shirt was forced into his mouth. The cause of death was asphyxiation. Asbury’s fingerprints were found on the back-porch light bulb of Mr. Lawrence’s residence. The bulb had been unscrewed sufficiently so that it was inoperable. The switch for the light was inside the residence. Asbury…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Coolidge v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Payton v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- United States v. Phillip LauterCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1995
- State v. AlexanderSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1991
- State v. EdwardsSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1989
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3Cited by23 opinions
- State v. BeckhamSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1999
- State v. BrockmanSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2000
- State v. WiseSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2004
- Commonwealth v. SilvaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2004
- State v. MansfieldCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 2000
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