Legal Opinion
State v. Beckham
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided February 22, 1999No. 24906PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MOORE, Justice:
Appellant was convicted of murder, kidnapping, and conspiracy to commit murder. He was sentenced to life for the murder, 30 years for the kidnapping, and 5 years for the conspiracy to commit murder, all to run concurrently. 1 We affirm.
FACTS
On June 12, 1994, Victoria Lander Beckham (Vickie) was murdered. In July 1995, Richard Anderson was arrested for her murder. He gave police a statement implicating appellant Stephen Beckham, Vickie’s husband. Anderson, a bouncer from a Myrtle Beach strip bar (Smugglers), testified that appellant hired him to dispose of Vickie’s body.
On June…
2Cases cited34 opinions
- Commonwealth v. JonesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
- United States v. Henry Albert SteevesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1975
- United States v. Steven v. Hershenow, Stuart M. Rosenthal, Steven A. ShraiarCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1982
- State v. KelseySupreme Court of South Carolina · 1998
- State v. SullivanSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1981
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3Cited by55 opinions
- State v. PaganSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2006
- State v. AdamsCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 2003
- State v. DouglasSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2006
- State v. HerringSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2009
- State v. MansfieldCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 2000
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