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STATE v. WILLIAMS

No. 24403.

468 S.E.2d 656 (1996)

The STATE, Appellant, v. David C. WILLIAMS, PJ. Stephenson, & David A. Smith, Respondents.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided March 25, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney General Charles Molony Condon, Assistant Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka, Assistant Attorneys General G. Thomas Chase and Caroline Callison Tiffin, Columbia; and Solicitor Walter M. Bailey, Jr., Summerville, for Appellant.

William H. Johnson, Steven S. McKenzie, Coffey, Chandler & Durant, of Manning; and Senior Assistant Appellate Defender Wanda H. Haile, of S.C. Office of Appellate Defense, Columbia, for Respondents.

BURNETT, Justice:

Respondents were indicted for second degree arson. Upon motion of defense counsel, the trial judge conducted a pre-trial hearing to determine whether sufficient evidence of corpus delicti existed to proceed to trial. At the conclusion of the hearing, the trial judge dismissed the charges against all three Respondents. The State appeals that dismissal.1 Respondents cross-appealed raising various other issues. By order...

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