A Horry County murder case is being appealed after a judge ruled that the shooter has immunity under South Carolina’s Stand Your Ground law.
Anijah Yarnell was charged with murder in the shooting death of Michael W. Pennington III, 33, in an apartment parking lot in Surfside Beach in 2020.
However, a judge ruled in 2023 that Yarnell acted in self-defense when he shot and killed Pennington, granting Yarnell’s motion for immunity…