Supreme Court of South Carolina

The State, Respondent v. Frank Carlton Schumpert, Appellant

August 23, 1993312 S.C. 502

Summary

The court affirmed the convictions for criminal sexual conduct with a minor and kidnapping, holding that rape-trauma evidence was admissible to help prove that the sexual offense occurred, that the challenged hearsay was either properly admitted or harmless, and that the jury instructions did not constitute reversible error. It vacated the false-imprisonment conviction pursuant to the State's concession of error.