Supreme Court of South Carolina· 6/20/1990

Butler v. State

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397 S.E.2d 87
302 S.C. 466
1990 S.C. LEXIS 210

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granting writ petition where facts involved were “shocking to the universal sense of justice”
setting forth the habeas framework, the first requirement of which is a constitutional claim
stating a court will normally only issue a habeas writ under limited circumstances, when there has been a violation that constitutes a denial of fundamental fairness shocking to the universal sense of justice
stating a court will normally only issue a habeas writ under limited circumstances, when there has been a violation that constitutes a denial of fundamental fairness shocking to the universal sense of justice
granting writ of habeas corpus based on identical comments; Court stated it had rejected in Pierce and Cooper the suggestion these types of comments could ever constitute harmless error and concluded the comments by the judge were erroneous, improper and contrary to South Carolina law
writ of habeas corpus will issue where a violation, in the setting, constitutes denial of fundamental fairness shocking to universal sense of justice

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