Supreme Court of South Carolina· 5/20/1991
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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15 cases in this archive cite this case.
- State v. KelseySupreme Court of South Carolina· 1998-06-08· cited 143×
- TNS Mills, Inc. v. South Carolina Department of RevenueSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1998-07-13· cited 137×
- State v. NeedsSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1998-11-23· cited 76×
- Calhoun v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2005-04-29· cited 67×
- State v. ByramSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1997-04-28· cited 57×
- Snyder v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2003-10-31· cited 48×
- Riddle v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1994-05-09· cited 37×
- State v. EvansSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1994-10-03· cited 23×
- State v. DavisCourt of Appeals of South Carolina· 1992-06-22· cited 22×
- State v. ChinaCourt of Appeals of South Carolina· 1993-12-28· cited 11×
- State v. SierraCourt of Appeals of South Carolina· 1999-10-04· cited 11×
- Day v. KilgoreSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1994-05-23· cited 10×
- State v. IveySupreme Court of South Carolina· 1998-06-15· cited 9×
- State v. HawkinsCourt of Appeals of South Carolina· 1992-11-30· cited 7×
- State v. McKnightSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1996-03-04· cited 3×
Cites
6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- State v. RoperSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1979-11-14· cited 52×
- Scarborough v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1981-12-04· cited 37×
- Elletson v. Dixie Home StoresSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1957-07-25· cited 19×
- State v. BendolySupreme Court of South Carolina· 1979-04-10· cited 5×
- State v. HamletSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1987-11-30· cited 4×
- State v. TillmanSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1971-03-24· cited 1×
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