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SINGLETON v. STATE

No. 23929.

437 S.E.2d 53 (1993)

Fred SINGLETON, Respondent, v. The STATE, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided August 30, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy C. McCormick, of South Carolina Protection and Advocacy System, for the Handicapped, Inc., Jacqueline D. Belton, of Mental Health Ass'n in South Carolina, J. Steedley Bogan, of South Carolina Ass'n of Head Injury Groups, and Elizabeth G. Patterson, of South Carolina Psychiatric Ass'n, Columbia, for amici curiae.

T. Travis Medlock, Atty. Gen., Donald J. Zelenka, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., and Delbert H. Singleton, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Columbia, for petitioner.

John H. Blume, of S.C. Death Penalty Resource Center, and Thomas W. Bunch, II, of Robinson, McFadden & Moore, Columbia, for respondent.

TOAL, Justice:

The State appeals from an order, issued at a post conviction relief hearing on Respondent's sanity, which vacated a death sentence and re-sentenced the Respondent to life imprisonment. We AFFIRM in part and RVERSE in part.

Facts

Respondent, Singleton, was convicted and sentenced to death for murder, burglary, larceny of a motor vehicle, and first-degree criminal sexual conduct. We affirmed both the conviction and sentence on direct...

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