Case Name: The STATE, Respondent v. Leroyal DARBY, Appellant
Court: Supreme Court of South Carolina
Jurisdiction: South Carolina
Decision Date: 1989-03-13
Citations: 297 S.C. 459
Docket Number: 22988
Parties: The STATE, Respondent v. Leroyal DARBY, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Carolina Reports
Volume: 297
Pages: 459–459

Head Matter:
22988
The STATE, Respondent v. Leroyal DARBY, Appellant.
(377 S. E. (2d) 340)
Supreme Court
Chief Atty. William, I. Diggs, Asst. Appellate Defenders D. Mark Stokes and Stephen P. Williams, all of S. C. Office of Appellate Defense, Columbia, for appellant.
Atty. Gen. T. Travis Medlock, Asst. Attys. Gen. Harold M. Coombs, Jr., and Amie L. Clifford, Columbia, and Sol. Joseph P. Mizzell, Jr., Orangeburg, for respondent.
Heard Feb. 8, 1989.
Decided March 13, 1989.

Opinion:
Per Curiam:
Appellant was convicted of murder for the shooting death of his ex-wife. He was sentenced to life imprisonment. We affirm.
Appellant contests the trial judge's refusal to suppress evidence seized from his automobile pursuant to an inventory search. We decline to rule on the validity of the search. We hold any error harmless beyond a reasonable doubt in view of the overwhelming evidence of appellant's guilt. State v. Gathers, 295 S. C. 476, 369 S. E. (2d) 140 (1988).
Accordingly, the judgment of the circuit court is
Affirmed.