State v. Teezevant

Citations

• 20 S.C. 363

Syllabus

<p>1. The failure of the Circuit judge to ask a prisoner convicted of murder,, “ If he has anything to say why judgment should not be pronounced on him,” is error, and requires a resentence, although the prisoner did not. demand that this question should be asked.</p> <p>2. But as this error affected the sentence only, the prisoner is not entitled to a new trial, but must be resentenced after being so asked.*</p>