Supreme Court of South Carolina· 4/9/1976
State v. Allen
Citations
- 224 S.E.2d 881
- 266 S.C. 468
- 1976 S.C. LEXIS 368
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- accused placed character in issue by presenting character witnesses and testifying about his criminal past
- where defendant testified he had not previously harmed anyone with a deadly weapon, prosecutor was permitted to inquire into extent of previous assaults
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Judges: Littlejohn, Lewis, Ness, Rhodes, Moss
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32 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- State v. TorrenceSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1991-05-20· cited 352×
- Hughes v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware· 1981-11-18· cited 172×
- State v. CopelandSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1982-11-10· cited 134×
- State v. LinderSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1981-05-14· cited 114×
- State v. PlathSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1984-01-17· cited 85×
- State v. ReevesSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1990-03-19· cited 75×
- State v. TaylorSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1998-11-23· cited 71×
- State v. CaldwellSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1990-02-05· cited 55×
- State v. SouthSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1985-06-04· cited 48×
- State v. MajorSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1990-03-19· cited 45×
- State v. DobySupreme Court of South Carolina· 1979-10-03· cited 41×
- State v. RaffaldtSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1995-03-27· cited 40×
- State v. HymanSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1981-07-22· cited 40×
- Phillips v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1985-04-30· cited 37×
- State v. EvansSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1992-03-16· cited 30×
- State v. ThompsonCourt of Appeals of South Carolina· 1991-08-12· cited 28×
- State v. WoomerSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1981-11-10· cited 24×
- State v. ButlerSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1982-04-12· cited 22×
- State v. HaleCourt of Appeals of South Carolina· 1985-02-07· cited 21×
- State v. BarrosoSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1997-12-01· cited 17×
Cites
8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court· 1964-06-22· cited 6,121×
- State v. DurdenSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1975-03-13· cited 56×
- State v. WhiteSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1965-10-13· cited 29×
- Taylor v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1972-05-11· cited 22×
- State v. AllenSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1976-02-11· cited 19×
- State v. PittsSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1971-07-27· cited 18×
- State v. GasqueSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1962-11-09· cited 11×
- State v. WigginsSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1971-11-08· cited 5×
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