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IN' A RICHLAND County trial that lasted more than a month, prosecutors claimed Gaskins, who confessed in the 1970s to murdering nine people in Florence County, was hired by Tony Cimo of Horry County to kill Tyner ir\ revenge for Tyncr's murders of Cimo's parents during a robbery. Hccaiisc the jury sentenced Cask ins Arctic ^ontinuad from page below zero in Athens, Ga., and 16 belo N.C. Another two cities equalled their c The temperature plunged to 22 degr< Monday in Beckles, W.Va. New Orlean 14. was just one degree warmer than Fai Weather-related deaths ? including (I cidents on icy roads, exposure and fires I heaters ? were reported in 20 states sir vlnriiK hponn I *"" i IMF COLD was blamed tor the eraH trains in Gary, Ind., Monday evening, |] none seriously. The Chicago-area trains I | the same track after mb/ero temperature 77. IH ALLEWit pp ACCEPT THE H| CHALLENGE MM TO BECOME I 8 TOTALLY FIT AT THE TOTALLY LIT FAMILY ojd f FITNESS CENTER a la,. I iced 2/17 i J 4AIN STREET .Y 4 BLOCKS >M CAMPUS Ids Gaskins' to death for the slaying, the case was automatically appealed to the state Supreme Court for review. In his appeal, Gaskins* attorney, Columbia lawyer Jack B. Swerling, argued that trial Judge Dan Laney in lUIIl'lliy lllM I ULlCu JUIUI* UflUlt* INCH . deliberations that they could infer that Gaskins acted with malice because he used a weapon in the killing. Swerling argued that a 1983 decision by Supreme Court justices said jurors must decide from evidence when malice is involved in a slaying, rather than assume it from circumstances. IN TWO SUBSEQUENT cases, the high court ruled murder defendants deserved new trials if the faulty charge was used. Further, the court ruled the change in the law could be applied "retroactively." But in its opinion on the Gaskins case, the high court said l.ancy's mistaken charge was a harmless error and that malice was not an issue because the defendant admitted to being part of the killing. "The jur> has found that (iaskins wrongfully killed Tyncr," the opinion states. "Under the facts of this case, it 1 iw zero in Asheville, electrical lines, said R oldest reading ever. Shore Lines. ?es below zero earlv Qr?m? nmnvrc s, where it chilled jo baseballs on Monday irbanks, Alaska. "There will be sigi lose from traffic ac- of the production ar< blamed on makeshift Wells. ice Friday, when the In Florida, where ii state's citrus belt, inc vh of two commuter two winters may have injuring 129 people, thernmost areas, whei lad been routed onto today. The temperatu rs damaged overhead in the panhandle. Big Mac?, La Medium Enjoy a hot, hand warmin riend McDonalds! Adelic ge order of golden french tea for only $1.89 plus ta> /85. Only at McDonald's, . sJjL /lif| IT'SAGOOC FOR THE GREAT' sentence * u/mtlH hp fnllv fr* nrHpr a npu/ trial fnr the purpose of determining whether the killing was done with malice or without. Any debate on the malice issue at the guilt stage was conclusively resolved when Gaskins said to the jury: And 1 am guilty of participating in it...'" THK JUSTICES cited U.S. Supreme Court rulings that harmless errors by the judge in a trial do not violate a defendant's right to due process or mandate another trial. "We hold that the charge as to malice was harmless error beyond a reasonable doubt," the opinion states. In the appeal, Swerling also claimed Laney injected personal opinions about Gaskins' guilt or innocence and interfered' with questioning of witnesses. But the high court said judges have a _ right to participate in a trial if they re- ^ main lair and impartial. Swcrling said that Gaskins has several routes of appeal, including appeal to the state Supreme court for a rehearing, go to the federal district court and file on constitutional grounds or appeal directly to the U.S. Supreme Court. ichard Bunton. spokesman for the South >rted their oianges had frozen as hard as nfieant fruit loss in the upper two-thirds ;a." said Citrus Mutual spokesman Earl dropped into the teens in the hart of the Justry officials said the second freeze in destroyed thousands of trees in the norre hard freeze warnings were posted early ire was forecast to fall to the single digits rge Fries, 9 1 Tea ' meal todav at vour ious Big Mac sandwich, i fries and a medium c. Offer good thru 921 Sumter Street. 4 A I > time mm ? rASTE WM SM