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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- South Carolina's high court has reversed a murder conviction for a Travelers Rest man in the death of his sister's boyfriend.

The Supreme Court ruled Monday a circuit judge should not have let 39-year-old Jack Edward Earl Parker be tried a second time in the death of Robert Lee Stewart.

A judge in 2003 granted a mistrial after defense attorneys said prosecutors gave them a crime scene video with graphic images blocked out but showed jurors a clear version.

Parker was convicted in a second trial. The high court says the second judge should have granted Parker's request to dismiss the verdict because of double jeopardy.

Parker is serving a life sentence. His attorneys say Parker will be released from prison if there are no other charges against him.

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