Case Name: The STATE, Respondent, v. Jerry A. RUMLER, Appellant
Court: Supreme Court of South Carolina
Jurisdiction: South Carolina
Decision Date: 1981-04-01
Citations: 276 S.C. 179
Docket Number: 21422
Parties: The STATE, Respondent, v. Jerry A. RUMLER, Appellant.
Judges: Lewis, C. J., and Ness, Gregory and Harwell, JJ., concur.
Reporter: South Carolina Reports
Volume: 276
Pages: 179–180

Head Matter:
21422
The STATE, Respondent, v. Jerry A. RUMLER, Appellant.
(276 S. E. (2d) 925)
Asst. Appellate Defender David W. Carpenter, of F. C. Commission of Appellate Defense, Columbia, and Jesse A. McCall, Jr., of Greenville, for appellant.
Atty. Gen. Daniel R. McLeod and Asst. Attys. Gen. Kay G. Crowe and Ncm L. Black, Columbia, and Sol. William W. Wilkins, Jr., Greenville, for respondent.
April 1, 1981.

Opinion:
Littlejohn, Justice:
The defendant, Jerry A. Rumler, was found guilty by jury of both housebreaking and larceny and sentenced to 18 years in prison.
The only issue submitted by this appeal is whether the judge erred in charging the jury that it could not find the defendant guilty of one count (e. g. housebreaking) and not guilty of the other (e. g. larceny). A review of the evidence convinces us that, depending upon the credibility of the witnesses, a jury might have found the defendant guilty of one count and not guilty of the other. See State v. Amerson, 244 S. C. 374, 137 S. E. (2d) 284 (1964).
The case is remanded for a new trial.
Reversed and remanded.
Lewis, C. J., and Ness, Gregory and Harwell, JJ., concur.