People v. Wright

Defendant, Harry L. Wright, was convicted in a jury trial of attempted murder and sentenced by the circuit court of Richland County to serve a 30-year sentence consecutively to two 15-year sentences imposed in another proceeding. Defendant appeals. We affirm.

In the early afternoon of June 13, 1984, Ernest Johnson, a State policeman, was patrolling the Clay County area. He heard a dispatch that Marion County authorities were seeking a green or blue Plymouth, with rear end damage, that was being driven by a tall, gray-haired man wearing a blue shirt and cap. At about 1:30 p.m., Johnson spotted…