Court Opinion

ID: 9573648
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 20:57:24.748756+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:42:15.303504
License: Public Domain

Justice PLEICONES
concurring:
I agree with the majority that petitioner is entitled to a new trial because the evidence did not warrant a charge on the doctrine of mutual combat. I write separately, however, because while I concur in the result reached here, and in most of the majority’s reasoning, I continue to believe that we should not place the burden on the State to disprove a claim of self-defense. See State v. Burkhart, 350 S.C. 252, 265, 565 S.E.2d 298, 305 (2002).
BURNETT, J., concurs.