State v. Huiett

Gregory, Justice:

Appellant Randall Huiett was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. The only issue on appeal is whether the trial judge erred by instructing the jury, over appellant’s objections, as to the possibility that appellant would be released from custody if the jury returned a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity. We reverse.

It is undisputed that on the afternoon of October 28, 1976, appellant approached the loading platform of the Coburg Dairy in Columbia, South Carolina, stepped into- the back of a milk truck that was being washed out by Milo C. Lucas, and…