State v. Jerome Jenkins Jr.

Summary

The South Carolina Supreme Court affirmed Jerome Jenkins Jr.'s conviction for murder, attempted murder and armed robbery and upheld his death sentence. The Court held that the statutory requirement that a capital defendant who pleads guilty be sentenced by a judge is constitutional, that the trial court's alleged error was not preserved, and that the trial court did not abuse its discretion on evidentiary and juror qualification issues. The mandatory review found the death penalty neither arbitrary nor disproportionate.