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STATE v. POINDEXTER

No. 23864.

431 S.E.2d 254 (1993)

The STATE, Respondent, v. Michael T. POINDEXTER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided June 1, 1993.

Rehearing Denied June 29, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvin L. Roberts, York, for appellant.

Atty. Gen. T. Travis Medlock, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen. Donald J. Zelenka, Asst. Attys. Gen. Harold M. Coombs, Jr. and James W. Rion, Jr., Columbia, and Sol. Larry F. Grant, York, for respondent.

HARWELL, Chief Justice:

Michael T. Poindexter (Poindexter) was sentenced to life imprisonment after a jury found him guilty of murder but mentally ill. Poindexter appeals, alleging, among other things, that the trial judge erred in refusing to direct a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity. We find no error and affirm.

I. FACTS

On August 29, 1990, Poindexter clocked out of his job and walked to the...

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