State v. Dial

Lexie Dial, III appeals his conviction of homicide by child abuse. Dial argues the trial court committed reversible error by: (1) ruling officer Henry Dukes had arrest authority as a United States Marshal under section 23-1-220 of the South Carolina Code (2007), or in the alternative, as a citizen pursuant to section 17-13-10 of the South Carolina Code (2003); (2) refusing to allow Dial to impeach the State’s lead investigator; (3) denying his motion for a mistrial after Victim’s mother brought an urn to the witness stand; (4) admitting autopsy photographs into evidence; (5) refusing to admit…