Supreme Court of South Carolina· 4/29/1996

State v. Adams

Citations

470 S.E.2d 366
322 S.C. 114
1996 S.C. LEXIS 67

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holding evidence properly admitted when logical relevance existed between the evidence and an element of the crime charged
holding the record must support a logical relevance between the prior bad act and the crime for which the defendant is accused
explaining that the opponent of a peremptory strike carries the ultimate burden of persuading the trial court that the other party exercised strikes in a discriminatory manner
holding evidence of participation in robbery one half hour prior to robbery and murder for which defendant was tried was admissible as relevant to defendant’s intent to commit unlawful act
holding evidence of participation in robbery one half hour prior to robbery and murder for which defendant was tried was admissible as relevant to defendant's intent to commit unlawful act
stating that “[u]nder some circumstances, the race-neutral explanation given by the proponent may be so fundamentally implausible that the judge may determine, at the third step of the analysis, that the explanation was mere pretext”

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