Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 10/6/2021

State v. Benton

Syllabus

Tommy Lee Benton appeals his convictions for murder, first degree burglary, first degree arson, and third degree arson, arguing the circuit court erred in (1) trying his case after previously granting a mistrial on the same charges and (2) admitting into evidence certain crime scene photographs, text messages, and Facebook messages. We affirm Benton's convictions.

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Cites

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Estelle v. McGuire
Supreme Court· 1991-12-04· cited 8,719×
United States v. Mohammad Hassan
Fourth Circuit· 2014-02-04· cited 184×
State v. Adams
Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2003-05-05· cited 161×
State v. Collins
Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2014-08-20· cited 79×
State v. Nance
Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1996-01-08· cited 72×
State v. Gilchrist
Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 1998-01-19· cited 61×
State v. Lyles
Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2008-06-06· cited 58×
State v. Martucci
Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2008-09-24· cited 54×
State v. Gray
Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2014-06-11· cited 50×
State v. BANTAN
Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2010-03-10· cited 29×
Deep Keel, LLC v. Atlantic Private Equity Group, LLC
Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2015-06-17· cited 25×
State v. Rowlands
Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2000-12-11· cited 23×
Green Ex Rel. Green v. Lewis Truck Lines, Inc.
Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1994-05-04· cited 20×
State v. Green
Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2019-06-26· cited 16×
State v. Parker
Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2011-03-14· cited 13×
State v. Brown
Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2010-06-02· cited 12×
State v. Bratschi
Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2015-07-15· cited 7×
State v. Coleman
Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2005-07-05· cited 6×

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