Singleton 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 privacy right under South Carolina constitution would be violated by \forced medication solely to facilitate execution\
• holding that privacy right under South Carolina constitution would be violated by “forced medication solely to facilitate execution”
• holding that burden is on the State to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that a prisoner has regained competency
• holding that burden is on the State to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that a prisoner has regained competency
• holding that burden is on the State to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that a prisoner has regained competency
• holding forced medication solely to facilitate execution would violate state constitutional right of privacy

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

34 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Fearance v. Scott
  Fifth Circuit· 1995-06-19· cited 129×
• State v. Forrester
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2001-02-12· cited 111×
• Commonwealth v. Sam
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-07-22· cited 95×
• Van Tran v. State
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1999-11-23· cited 76×
• Percy Levar Walton v. Gene M. Johnson, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections
  Fourth Circuit· 2006-03-09· cited 65×
• Franklin v. Maynard
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2003-11-03· cited 35×
• State v. Jones
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2016-05-18· cited 24×
• State v. Passaro
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2002-07-29· cited 19×
• Quincy Allen v. Michael Stephan
  Fourth Circuit· 2022-07-26· cited 18×
• Hughes v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2006-02-13· cited 17×
• Council v. Catoe
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2004-06-01· cited 14×
• Marcum v. Bowden
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2007-02-05· cited 14×
• State v. Torrence
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1994-11-03· cited 12×
• Council v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2008-12-29· cited 11×
• Provenzano v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2000-05-25· cited 10×
• Reed v. Ozmint
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2007-06-18· cited 8×
• Sims v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1993-12-06· cited 7×
• State v. McAteer
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2000-05-30· cited 7×
• State v. Motts
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2011-03-21· cited 7×
• State v. Finklea
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2010-07-26· cited 6×

Cites

17 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Addington v. Texas
  Supreme Court· 1979-04-30· cited 3,004×
• Vitek v. Jones
  Supreme Court· 1980-03-25· cited 1,747×
• Ford v. Wainwright
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-26· cited 1,525×
• Washington v. Harper
  Supreme Court· 1990-04-16· cited 1,489×
• Riggins v. Nevada
  Supreme Court· 1992-05-18· cited 734×
• Solesbee v. Balkcom
  Supreme Court· 1950-03-27· cited 155×
• State v. Perry
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1992-11-09· cited 72×
• State v. Harris
  Washington Supreme Court· 1990-03-29· cited 49×
• State v. Middleton
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1988-02-22· cited 41×
• Martin v. Dugger
  S.D. Florida· 1988-06-01· cited 32×
• People v. Geary
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1921-06-22· cited 32×
• State v. Singleton
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1985-01-31· cited 30×
• In re Smith
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1918-12-04· cited 30×
• State v. Carson
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1980-02-19· cited 14×
• Tyson v. McKellar
  Supreme Court· 1987-05-18· cited 12×
• Young v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1968-01-09· cited 2×
• Gilstrap v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1969-05-28· cited 2×