Supreme Court of South Carolina

The State, Respondent v. Joseph Kelsey, Appellant

June 8, 1998331 S.C. 50

Summary

The court affirmed Kelsey's convictions for murder, possession of a pipe bomb, and criminal conspiracy, rejecting challenges to the sufficiency of the evidence, juvenile-court transfer, venue, joint trial, evidentiary rulings, jury instructions, and denial of mistrial motions. It held that the evidence, viewed favorably to the State, reasonably supported submitting murder and conspiracy to the jury, and that any evidentiary or instructional errors either did not constitute an abuse of discretion or did not unfairly prejudice Kelsey. No separate opinions were filed.