Supreme Court of South Carolina· 10/25/2017
Briggs v. State
Citations
- 421 S.C. 316
- 806 S.E.2d 713
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- ruling forensic interviewer's testimony she made the determination the child understood the difference between the truth and a lie \indirectly revealed she believed the subsequent disclosure . . . was the truth\
- stating the witness's testimony was improper where there was no other purpose for it than to bolster the victim's credibility
- discussing the cases in which this Court has \struggled\ to determine when this type of testimony is an improper comment on the veracity of the victim
- explaining the general rule governing bolstering is \a witness may not give an opinion for the purpose of conveying to the jury—directly or indirectly—that she believes the victim\
- \[A] witness may not give an opinion for the purpose of conveying to the jury . . . that [the witness] believes the victim.\
- \[A] witness may not give an opinion for the purpose of conveying to the jury—directly or indirectly—that she believes the victim.\ (emphasis added)
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Judges: Beatty, Few, Hearn, James, Kittredge, Only
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8 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Thompson v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2018-03-21· cited 22×
- State v. MakinsCourt of Appeals of South Carolina· 2019-09-04
- Chappell v. StateCourt of Appeals of South Carolina· 2019-12-11
- State v. ReyesSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2020-12-16
- State v. MakinsSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2021-06-23
- State v. Michael Cliff EubanksCourt of Appeals of South Carolina· 2022-08-03
- State v. Richard K. GallowaySupreme Court of South Carolina· 2024-07-31
- State v. Marcus A. WigfallCourt of Appeals of South Carolina· 2026-03-11
Cites
21 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
- State v. JenningsSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2011-09-19· cited 122×
- State v. KromahSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2013-01-23· cited 94×
- State v. DawkinsSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1989-02-21· cited 69×
- State v. ChavisSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2015-02-04· cited 60×
- Smith v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2010-02-16· cited 59×
- State v. DouglasSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2009-01-12· cited 48×
- Van Sellner v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2016-06-29· cited 48×
- State v. WhitnerSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2012-07-11· cited 40×
- State v. DouglasCourt of Appeals of South Carolina· 2006-01-23· cited 33×
- State v. AndersonSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2015-08-05· cited 28×
- Watson v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2006-08-14· cited 25×
- Williams v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2005-03-14· cited 22×
- Jordan v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2013-12-11· cited 22×
- State v. WrightSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1977-09-20· cited 21×
- State v. BakerSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2015-02-11· cited 16×
- State v. BarrettCourt of Appeals of South Carolina· 2016-03-23· cited 10×
- State v. BakerCourt of Appeals of South Carolina· 2010-06-15· cited 9×
- Stone v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2017-03-29· cited 9×
- Rutland v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2016-03-30· cited 8×
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