Court Opinion

ID: 9564537
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 19:02:31.409575+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:18:28.960312
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PLEICONES, J.,
concurring in part and dissenting in part in a separate opinion.
Justice PLEICONES.
I concur in part and dissent in part. I would hold that assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature (ABHAN) is not a lesser-included offense of first degree criminal sexual conduct and would vacate Primus’s ABHAN conviction. See State v. Elliott, 346 S.C. 603, 552 S.E.2d 727 (2001)(Pleicones, J., dissenting). I agree with the majority’s conclusion that the assistant solicitor’s improper statement in closing argument does not warrant a new trial.