Supreme Court of South Carolina· 6/19/2019

State v. Williams

Citations

830 S.E.2d 904
427 S.C. 246

Syllabus

In this appeal from a conviction for murder, we hold the trial court properly refused to charge the law of self-defense. The defendant shot and killed the victim with an unlawfully-possessed pistol the defendant intentionally brought to an illegal drug transaction. We find the defendant was at fault in bringing on the violence. We affirm.

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stating it is \the State's burden to persuade the jury beyond a reasonable doubt that at least one element of [self-] defense does not exist\
Shearouse Adv. Sh. No. 25 at 13

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