State v. Sherard

Littlejohn, Acting Associate Justice:

Appellant, Ricardo Stephon Sherard (Sherard), a juvenile, was convicted in General Sessions Court of murder and attempted armed robbery; he was concurrently sentenced to life and 20 years imprisonment.

We affirm.

FACTS

On September 15, 1987, Sherard, then 15 years old, Carlos Outen (Outen), age 16, Darrius Clark (Clark), age 15, Anthony Taylor (Taylor), age 18, and Reggie Wright (Wright), age 19, went out “joyriding” in Columbia, South Carolina. Outen had, the same day, taken a .22 magnum gun from his grandmother’s house, and given it to Sherard. When the…