Harris v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• finding defendant not entitled to involuntary manslaughter charge when he intentionally fired warning shots in the victim’s direction
• providing voluntary manslaughter is the unlawful killing of a human being in the sudden heat of passion upon sufficient legal provocation
• no error in failing to charge involuntary manslaughter where defendant claimed he was only firing warning shots
• \Sufficient provocation necessary to justify a voluntary manslaughter charge must come from the victim and not be transferred from a third party to the victim.\
• \Sufficient provocation necessary to justify a voluntary manslaughter charge must come from the victim and not be transferred from a third party to the victim. \

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

3 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Sullivan v. State
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2014-01-29· cited 4×
• State v. Wharton
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2005-10-10· cited 1×
• State v. Wharton
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2005-07-05

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Strickland v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
• State v. Tucker
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1996-11-04· cited 105×
• State v. Locklair
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2000-06-26· cited 49×
• Bozeman v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1992-02-10· cited 33×
• Pruitt v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1992-10-05· cited 31×
• State v. Chatman
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1999-08-02· cited 27×
• State v. Cooney
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1995-08-28· cited 24×
• Patrick v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2002-03-11· cited 14×
• State v. Tyler
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2002-03-04· cited 13×
• State v. Harris
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1980-12-02· cited 8×
• Legge v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2002-04-01· cited 5×