Opinion ID: 1265567
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Heading: juror predisposition to death penalty

Text: Lastly, Atkins challenges the Court's qualification of four jurors who, he contends, were predisposed to impose the death penalty. The determination of whether a juror is qualified to serve on a death penalty case is within the sole discretion of the trial judge and is not reviewable on appeal unless wholly unsupported by the evidence. State v. Plemmons , 286 S.C. 78, 332 S.E. (2d) 765 (1985), vacated on other grounds 476 U.S. 1102, 106 S.Ct. 1943, 90 L.Ed. (2d) 353 (1986); State v. Spann , 279 S.C. 399, 308 S.E. (2d) 518 (1983). Here, the voir dire of the questioned jurors reveals that all could, depending upon the evidence presented, recommend a life sentence. They were properly qualified.