Legal Opinion
State v. Pagan
Court of Appeals of South Carolina
Decided January 12, 2004No. 3724PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ANDERSON, J.':
Charles Pagan was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. Pagan appeals, arguing the trial judge erred in allowing testimony from an individual about an incident that occurred more than one year after the victim’s murder. We affirm.
FACTS/PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
At approximately 8:00 a.m. on December 11, 1997, the victim’s body was discovered in a vacant lot in Florence, South Carolina. DNA testing revealed there was semen on the victim’s pants and in her vagina. Dr. Edward Proctor, the forensic pathologist who performed the autopsy, concluded the victim died as a…
2Cases cited37 opinions
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