State v. Charles Brandon Rampey
Syllabus
In this criminal sexual conduct case with a minor, the trial judge gave an Allen charge to the jury after approximately two hours and twenty minutes of deliberations. About an hour and fifteen minutes later, the jury returned with a not guilty verdict as to CSC Second and a guilty verdict as to CSC Third. Appellant, Charles Rampey, appealed, asserting the Allen charge was unconstitutionally coercive. The court of appeals reversed the conviction in an unpublished opinion, primarily citing to State v. Taylor, 427 S.C. 208. 829 S.E.2d 723 (Ct. App. 2019), and we affirm.
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