Supreme Court of South Carolina· 8/23/1999

Brightman v. State

Citations

520 S.E.2d 614
336 S.C. 348
1999 S.C. LEXIS 164

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affirming admission of photographic lineup using mug shots with identifying information masked
trial judge must charge lesser-included offense if there is any evidence from which it can be inferred the defendant committed lesser rather than greater offense
Court does not require attorney to be clairvoyant or anticipate changes in the law which were not in existence at the time of trial
“Once the court determines that a defendant received and understood his rights, the court allows a confession into evidence. It then is for the jury ultimately to decide whether the confession was voluntary.”
“When a statute is procedural, it ordinarily will be accorded a retroactive application in the sense that it will be applied to pending actions and proceedings.”
failure to give King charge not reversible error

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Judges: Moore, Toal, Waller, Burnett, Finney

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