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State v. BRITT

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided December 17, 1959No. 17598PublishedCited by 61 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Moss, Justice.

Upon an indictment charging them with the murder of Harry Boyd Ray on September 7, 1958, William Otis Britt and Douglas Westbury, the appellants herein, and Lee von Tilson, were tried at the January, 1959, term of Court of General Sessions for Orangeburg County, South Carolina. Tilson was found guilty of murder with recommendation to mercy, and has not appealed his conviction. The appellants were found guilty of murder and sentenced to death by electrocution. They have appealed to this Court from such conviction and sentence.

The indictment charged the appellants and Tilson with…

2Cases cited55 opinions

  1. People v. BeckerMichigan Supreme Court · 1942
  2. Commonwealth v. SaundersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1956
  3. State v. KolanderSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1952
  4. State v. FrancisSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1929
  5. State v. LowrySupreme Court of Kansas · 1947

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3Cited by61 opinions

  1. People v. HoganCalifornia Supreme Court · 1982
  2. State v. SullivanSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1981
  3. State v. PlathSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1981
  4. Johnson v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1964
  5. People v. SassounianCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1986

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