Legal Opinion
State v. Aleksey
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided November 13, 2000No. 25212PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BURNETT, Justice:
Appellant was convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of a state trooper. We affirm.
FACTS
On New Year’s Eve 1997, Sergeant Franklin Lingard of the South Carolina Highway Patrol stopped a white Ford Mustang with a Delaware license plate for speeding on Interstate 95. Sergeant Lingard approached the driver’s side of the Mustang and was shot to death by a gun fired from inside the car on the driver’s side. Officer Lin Shirer, a narcotics officer with the Calhoun County Sheriffs Office, accompanied Sergeant Lingard on patrol that night. Officer Shirer witnessed the…
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3Cited by63 opinions
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