State v. Burriss

334 S.C. 256 (1999)

513 S.E.2d 104

The STATE, Respondent,

v.

Demetric BURRISS, Appellant.

No. 24903.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Heard January 8, 1997.

Decided February 16, 1999.

Daniel T. Stacey, Chief Attorney, and Joseph L. Savitz, III, Deputy Chief Attorney, of South Carolina Office of Appellate Defense, of Columbia, for appellant.

Charles Molony Condon, Attorney General, Donald J. Zelenka, Assistant Deputy Attorney General, of Columbia; and George M. Ducworth, Solicitor, Tenth Judicial Circuit, of Anderson, for respondent.

WALLER, Justice:

A jury convicted Appellant Demetric Burriss of murder,…