New trial sets precedent
The S.C. Supreme Court on Monday overruled decisions on more than two-dozen murder and assault cases dating to 1894 when it ordered a new trial for a 42-year-old man convicted of killing his cousin. In overturning the 2006 murder conviction of Johnny Rufus Belcher,... read the full story
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Memorial Day [...] Belcher is serving a 30-year sentence in the Memorial Day 2004 shooting death of Fred Suber, who was shot [...]
Laurens County [...] was shot and killed during a family cookout in Laurens County . The jury could have chosen murder, voluntary [...]
Supreme Court [...] The S.C. Supreme Court on Monday overruled decisions on more than [...] murder conviction of Johnny Rufus Belcher, the high court set a precedent for cases involving weapons and [...]
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