Sims 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 that a defendant is competent when he has a sufficient present ability to consult with his lawyer with a reasonable degree of rational understanding and a rational as well as factual understanding of the proceedings against him

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

3 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Barnes
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2014-01-15· cited 20×
• Garren v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2018-04-25· cited 5×
• In re Antonio H.
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 1995-06-19· cited 1×

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Dusky v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1960-04-18· cited 3,197×
• Godinez v. Moran
  Supreme Court· 1993-06-24· cited 1,916×
• Davis v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1986-04-23· cited 231×
• White v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1974-08-28· cited 141×
• State v. Davis
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1992-10-05· cited 64×
• Singleton v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1993-08-30· cited 49×
• State v. Bell
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1987-08-24· cited 45×
• State v. Law
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1978-05-08· cited 24×
• Wicker v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1992-12-14· cited 7×
• Carnes v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1980-10-08· cited 5×
• State v. Blair
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1981-08-27· cited 1×