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STATE v. SAMS

No. 27447.

410 S.C. 303 (2014)

764 S.E.2d 511

The STATE, Respondent, v. Desmond J. SAMS, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided September 24, 2014.

Rehearing Denied November 7, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tristan M. Shaffer , of Myrtle Beach, and Appellate Defender Susan Barber Hackett , of Columbia, for Petitioner.

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Assistant Attorney General Mark Reynolds Farthing , both of Columbia, for Respondent.

Desmond J. Sams was convicted of voluntary manslaughter after he strangled the victim, Jake Frazier, during an altercation. Sams appealed, arguing the circuit court erred in denying his request to instruct t2he jury on involuntary manslaughter. The Court of Appeals affirmed. State v. Sams, Op. No. 2011-UP-205, 2011 WL 11734316...

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