State v. Alford

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that where defendant did not testify he was shooting for a purpose other than to protect himself, he was not entitled to charge on defense of others
• where defendant did not testify he was shooting for purpose other than to protect himself, he was not entitled to charge on defense of others
• where defendant did not testify he was shooting for purpose other than to protect himself, he was not entitled to charge on defense of others
• previous threats against companion of victim at time of assault also admissible

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

5 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Belcher
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2009-10-12· cited 80×
• State v. Starnes
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2000-05-08· cited 45×
• State v. Hawes
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2018-03-14· cited 14×
• State v. Otts
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2018-06-27· cited 6×
• Blakely v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2004-09-07· cited 5×

Cites

2 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• State v. Clinkscales
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1957-08-26· cited 14×
• State v. Maxey
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1974-06-04· cited 5×