The State, Respondent v. Luzenski Allen Cottrell, Appellant

Summary

The South Carolina Supreme Court affirmed Cottrell’s murder conviction and death sentence, finding no abuse of discretion by the trial judge on all five raised issues, including counsel removal, juror qualification, exclusion of testimony, jury instructions, and nondisclosure of a jury note. Justice FEW, in a concurring opinion, disagreed with the majority’s analysis of counsel removal and the handling of the jury note, urging a remand for specific findings.