State v. Commander

I agree that we should affirm the Court of Appeals’ decision which upheld petitioner’s murder conviction, and agree that there was no error in the refusal to charge accident here. I also agree with the Court of Appeals that any error in Dr. Nichols’s testimony that “suspicious circumstances” surrounding the victim’s death were evidence of a homicide was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt in light of the overwhelming evidence of petitioner’s guilt. State v. Commander, 384 S.C. 66, 681 S.E.2d 31 (Ct.App.2009). I do not join that part of the majority’s opinion that suggests that a forensic…