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State v. Brown

Citations

  • 602 S.E.2d 392
  • 360 S.C. 581
  • 2004 S.C. LEXIS 204

How courts have described this case

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

  • identifying notice concerns, among others, when refusing to direct a trial court to convict for a lesser included offense
  • stating the accused is entitled to a directed verdict when the State fails to present evidence on a material element of the offense charged
  • distinguishing “between a reversal based on insufficient evidence and one based on errors in the trial proceedings”
  • jury must be instructed on lesser included offense in order to remand for sentencing on that crime
  • jury must be instructed on lesser included offense in order to remand for sentencing on that crime
  • on appeal from denial of directed verdict, this Court must view the evidence in light most favorable to the State

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Burnett, Moore, Pleicones, Toal, Waller

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