THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Supreme Court
The State, Respondent,
v. Jeffrey L. Jones, Appellant.
Appeal From Lexington County
Marc H. Westbrook, Circuit Court Judge
Opinion No. 25242
Heard October 3, 2000 - Filed January 24, 2001
REVERSED AND REMANDED
Assistant Appellate Defender Robert M. Dudek, of the South Carolina Office of Appellate Defense of Columbia, for appellant.
Attorney General Charles M. Condon; Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh; Assistant Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka; Assistant Attorney General Jeffrey A. Jacobs, all of Columbia; and Solicitor Donald V. Myers, of Lexington, for respondent.
JUSTICE PLEICONES: Appellant was convicted of two counts of murder, first degree burglary, armed robbery, and criminal conspiracy. He received two death sentences for the murders, (1) concurrent sentences of thirty years each on the burglary and armed robbery charges, and a concurrent five year sentence for conspiracy. Finding four errors in the guilt phase of the trial, we reverse appellant's convictions and sentences, and remand.