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State v. Anderson

Citations

  • 406 S.E.2d 152
  • 304 S.C. 551
  • 1991 S.C. LEXIS 110

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  • reviewing court may not rule on alleged error in exclusion of testimony unless record on appeal shows fairly what the rejected testimony would have been
  • where no proffer of excluded testimony is made, the Court is unable to determine whether the appellant was prejudiced by the trial judge’s refusal to admit the testimony into evidence
  • a party must vouch for its own witness and may not impeach its witness unless the witness is declared hostile upon a showing of actual surprise and harm
  • a reviewing court may not rule on alleged error in the exclusion of evidence unless the record on appeal shows fairly what the rejected evidence would have been.
  • before court may call witness five prerequisites must be met: (1) the state will not vouch for the truthfulness or integrity of witness, (2) there is a close relationship between the accused and the witness, (3
  • before court may call witness five prerequisites must be met: (1) the state will not vouch for the truthfulness or integrity of witness, (2) there is a close relationship between the accused and the witness, (3

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Judges: Finney, Gregory, Harwell, Chandler, Toal

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