Case Name: The STATE, Respondent v. Walter THOMAS, Appellant
Court: Supreme Court of South Carolina
Jurisdiction: South Carolina
Decision Date: 1992-02-24
Citations: 307 S.C. 278
Docket Number: 23583
Parties: The STATE, Respondent v. Walter THOMAS, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Carolina Reports
Volume: 307
Pages: 278–278

Head Matter:
23583
The STATE, Respondent v. Walter THOMAS, Appellant.
(414 S.E. (2d) 783)
Supreme Court
J. Carroll Bryant, Aiken, and South Carolina Office of Appellate Defense, Columbia, for appellant.
Atty. Gen. T. Travis Medlock, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen. Donald J. Zelenka, Asst. Atty. Gen. Harold M. Coombs, Jr., Columbia, and Sol. Barbara R. Morgan, Aiken, for respondent.
Heard Jan. 7, 1992.
Decided Feb. 24, 1992.

Opinion:
Per Curiam:
Reversed and remanded pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 220(b)(1). See Gallman v. State, 414 S.E. (2d) 780, 781 (S.C. Sup. Ct. 1992) (Davis Adv. Sh. No. 5 at 11) (jury instruction which advises the jury that they may discuss the case among themselves amounts to an invitation to begin premature deliberations and is reversible error).
Reversed and remanded.