Gilchrist v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding strategic reasons do not save a deficient performance when no valid strategy is articulated
• stating the witness's credibility was essential to the decision to convict because the witness's testimony was the only evidence of guilt
• finding a PCR applicant was prejudiced by improper bolstering testimony because \believing [the bolstered witness] was the only way the jury could convict . . .\
• finding a PCR applicant was prejudiced by improper bolstering testimony because \believing [the bolstered witness] was the only way the jury could convict . . . .\
• finding counsel's failure to object to improper vouching for \the State's key witness\ was prejudicial when believing him \was the only way the jury could convict\ the defendant
• Court will not uphold findings of PCR court if no probative evidence supports those findings

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• McLaughlin v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2003-01-13· cited 7×
• Brown v. State
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2007-10-05· cited 7×
• Griffin v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2004-10-25· cited 1×
• Chappell v. State
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2019-12-11
• Hillerby v. State
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2020-08-05
• Maron Alexander Lindsey v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2025-11-05

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Strickland v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
• Cherry v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1989-12-04· cited 215×
• Kelly v. South Carolina
  Supreme Court· 2002-01-09· cited 186×
• State v. Shuler
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2001-04-16· cited 104×
• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1997-01-27· cited 82×
• State v. Gilchrist
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 1998-01-19· cited 61×
• Holland v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1996-04-29· cited 52×
• State v. Kelly
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2001-01-08· cited 20×