State v. Moorer

241 S.C. 487 (1963)

129 S.E.2d 330

The STATE, Respondent,

v.

Louis MOORER, Appellant.

18016

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

January 21, 1963.

W. Newton Pough, Esq., of Orangeburg, for Appellant.

Julian S. Wolfe, Esq., Solicitor, of Orangeburg, for Respondent.

January 21, 1963.

TAYLOR, Chief Justice.

The Appellant, Louis Moorer, a 22 year old Negro man, was tried and convicted in the Court of General Sessions for Dorchester County, of the charge of rape and was sentenced on April 4, 1962, to death as provided by the laws of the State of South Carolina and this appeal follows.

At the opening of the…