Legal Opinion
State v. Lynch
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided April 16, 2001No. 25281PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALLER, Justice:
A jury convicted appellant of murder and first degree burglary. 1 The trial court sentenced him to concurrent terms of life imprisonment. On appeal, appellant’s prior counsel filed a brief pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967), and a petition to be relieved. This Court denied the petition, and ordered the parties to brief an issue regarding subject matter jurisdiction over the first degree burglary charge. We reverse the burglary conviction and affirm the murder conviction.
FACTS
At the outset of trial, the State moved to amend the…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Anders v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Montana v. HallSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Carter v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1998
- Browning v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1995
- State v. MunnSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1987
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3Cited by16 opinions
- State v. AdamsCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 2003
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- Mathis v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2003
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