Supreme Court of South Carolina· 5/6/1991
Dover v. State
Citations
- 405 S.E.2d 391
- 304 S.C. 433
- 1991 S.C. LEXIS 93
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- stating that a defendant knowingly and voluntarily pleads guilty when he fully understands the consequences of his plea and the charges against him
- finding that a defendant's guilty plea was not knowing and voluntary when the trial court did not discuss the maximum allowable sentences for the crimes with the defendant
- finding a guilty plea involuntary in part because the defendant did not understand the sentence he faced
- “It was never established the [defendant] understood the severity of the crimes or the sentences they carried ... the record reveals that [defendant] only spoke with his court appointed attorney three times for a total amount of less than 30 minutes.”
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Judges: Toal, Harwell, Chandler, Finney, Gregory
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14 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Carter v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1998-01-19· cited 78×
- Holland v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1996-04-29· cited 52×
- Drayton v. EvattSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1993-05-10· cited 41×
- Roddy v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2000-02-22· cited 33×
- Joseph v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2002-10-14· cited 22×
- Anderson v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2000-08-07· cited 21×
- Rollison v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2001-08-20· cited 20×
- Pittman v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1999-12-06· cited 17×
- Roscoe v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2001-04-30· cited 16×
- Burnett v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2003-01-13· cited 11×
- Smith v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1997-12-15· cited 9×
- Simpson v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1995-02-13· cited 8×
- State v. NesbittSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2015-01-14· cited 4×
- State v. BlakneyCourt of Appeals of South Carolina· 2014-08-20· cited 4×
Cites
10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court· 1969-06-02· cited 12,640×
- Cherry v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1989-12-04· cited 215×
- State v. MunnSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1987-06-22· cited 43×
- State v. LambertSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1976-05-05· cited 31×
- Harres v. LeekeSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1984-07-24· cited 26×
- State v. HazelSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1980-10-27· cited 17×
- State v. RiddleSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1990-04-16· cited 14×
- Vickery v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1972-02-16· cited 14×
- In re Corey B.Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1987-01-12· cited 7×
- Dandy v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1990-05-07· cited 2×
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