Supreme Court of South Carolina

The State, Respondent v. Edward Freiburger, Appellant

September 26, 2005366 S.C. 125

Summary

The court affirmed Freiburger’s murder conviction and life sentence. It held that the Tennessee officer’s pat-down and seizure of the revolver were lawful as incident to an impending arrest, and that the remaining evidentiary and trial-error claims were either unpreserved, unsupported by the record, or nonprejudicial. The evidence, viewed favorably to the State, was sufficient to submit the murder charge to the jury.