Case Name: The STATE, Respondent, v. William B. TURNER, Appellant
Court: Supreme Court of South Carolina
Jurisdiction: South Carolina
Decision Date: 1981-06-04
Citations: 276 S.C. 414
Docket Number: 21478
Parties: The STATE, Respondent, v. William B. TURNER, Appellant.
Judges: Lewis, C. J., and Littlejohn, Ness and Harwell, JJ-, concur.
Reporter: South Carolina Reports
Volume: 276
Pages: 414–415

Head Matter:
21478
The STATE, Respondent, v. William B. TURNER, Appellant.
(279 S. E. (2d) 130)
Staff Atty. David W. Carpenter of S'. C. Commission of Appellate Defense, Columbia, for appellant.
Atty. Gen. Daniel R. McLeod and Asst. Atty. Gen. Kay G. Crowe, Columbia, and Sol. Dudley Saleeby, Jr., Florence, for respondent.
June 4, 1981.

Opinion:
Gregory, Justice:
Appellant was convicted of housebreaking and assault with intent to commit criminal sexual conduct. He asserts the trial court erred in permitting reference to' allegations of prior sexual assault charges against appellant. We agree and reverse.
' The court permitted, prior to appellant testifying the following allegations of misconduct not connected with this .case........
(1) Warrant for rape.
(2) Warrant for housebreaking and assault.
(3) Warrant for sexual assault.
(4) Warrant for housebreaking and assault.
The disposition of the above charges are not revealed by the record. We held in State v. Wilson, S. C., 266 S. E. (2d) 426, 427 (1980), "the danger of prejudice is enhanced when, as here, there has been no trial and conviction . . ." The manifest prejudice of the evidence is obvious. A new trial must be granted.
Reversed.
Lewis, C. J., and Littlejohn, Ness and Harwell, JJ-, concur.