State v. Forney

Moore, Justice:

Appellant was convicted of murder, criminal conspiracy, and armed robbery for the killing of Officer Brent McCants of Rock Hill. The jury failed to return a recommendation of death and appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment. We affirm.

FACTS

Appellant was indicted along with co-defendant Mar-Reece Hughes for the murder of Officer McCants who was killed during a routine traffic stop. Officer McCants’s last contact with the police dispatcher was a request to run a check on license tag number EMF-313. Two passers-by noticed his police car on the side of the road with its…