State v. Thompson

Harwell, Justice:

A Spartanburg County jury convicted appellant Sallie Thompson of accessory before and after the fact to murder. The trial judge sentenced her to life imprisonment for the crime of accessory before the fact and to a concurrent ten year sentence for accessory after the fact.

On September 2,1981, Stephen Thompson, appellant’s husband, was found dead in a wooded area near Spartanburg with a gunshot wound in the head. Appellant and her lover, Dennis McCurry, were arrested. Authorities charged McCurry with murder. Appellant was charged with accessory before and after the fact to…