Smith v. State

Eldridge, Judge.

A Sumter County jury found Latorris C. Smith guilty of aggravated assault and voluntary manslaughter for acts Smith perpetrated during an argument with victim James Clyde Neal, which acts resulted in Neal’s death from a gunshot wound to the head. Smith appeals and claims that three errors of law require reversal in the instant case and that his aggravated assault conviction should have merged with his voluntary manslaughter conviction for purposes of sentencing. Upon review, we find no merit to Smith’s enumerated errors, and we affirm.

1. Smith contends his character was…