Supreme Court of South Carolina· 5/12/2008

McKnight v. State

Citations

661 S.E.2d 354
378 S.C. 33
2008 S.C. LEXIS 142

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failure to give requested jury instructions is not prejudicial error where instructions given adequately cover the law
failure to give requested jury instructions is not prejudicial error where instructions given adequately cover the law
“A criminal defense attorney has the duty to conduct a reasonable investigation to discover all reasonably available mitigation evidence and all reasonably available evidence tending to rebut any aggravating evidence introduced by the State.”
\A criminal defense attorney has the duty to conduct a reasonable investigation to discover all reasonably available mitigation evidence and all reasonably available evidence tending to rebut any aggravating evidence introduced by the State.\

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Judges: Toal, Moore, Waller, Beatty, Pleicones

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