Scott v. State

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 bond forfeiture is equivalent to a conviction when the legislature so defines it
• stating “an appellate court will not affirm the decision when it is not supported by any probative evidence”
• stating “an appellate court will not affirm the decision when it is not supported by any probative evidence”
• penal statutes should be strictly construed against the State and in favor of the defendant
• a PCR applicant must show both error and prejudice to obtain relief

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

16 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Pierce v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2000-01-10· cited 75×
• Humbert v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2001-06-25· cited 34×
• Von Dohlen v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2004-08-30· cited 29×
• Evans v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2005-04-04· cited 28×
• Edmond v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2000-06-26· cited 21×
• Sellers v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2005-01-04· cited 21×
• Roscoe v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2001-04-30· cited 16×
• South Carolina Coastal Conservation League v. South Carolina Department of Health & Environmental Control
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2008-10-23· cited 16×
• Lorenzen v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2008-02-11· cited 12×
• Hughes v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2001-08-27· cited 10×
• Harris v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2008-03-10· cited 6×
• State v. Truesdale
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2001-06-18· cited 3×
• State v. Toth
  Montana Supreme Court· 2008-12-02· cited 2×
• State v. Muldrow
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2000-05-22· cited 1×
• Dove v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1999-11-22
• Richland County v. Simpkins
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2002-03-04

Cites

23 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Strickland v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
• Cherry v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1989-12-04· cited 215×
• Butler v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1985-08-27· cited 103×
• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1997-01-27· cited 82×
• Berkebile v. Outen
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1993-01-11· cited 79×
• Holland v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1996-04-29· cited 52×
• State v. Ramsey
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1993-05-03· cited 37×
• State v. Smith
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1981-07-06· cited 34×
• McCall ex rel. Andrews v. Batson
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1985-04-18· cited 30×
• State v. Langford
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1953-01-02· cited 21×
• People v. Harvey
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1972-05-30· cited 20×
• Fetters v. Degnan
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1977-02-16· cited 18×
• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1991-10-28· cited 16×
• Hopkins v. Keith
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 1977-06-22· cited 16×
• Samuel v. Mouzon
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 1984-09-10· cited 12×
• Olim v. WE MAYBERRY
  Supreme Court of Oklahoma· 1974-06-25· cited 11×
• State v. Scott
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 1991-01-07· cited 10×
• Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance v. Ausborn
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1967-07-06· cited 10×
• Pryor v. David
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1969-01-13· cited 8×
• Bennett v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1988-07-06· cited 3×