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Supreme Court of South Carolina· 9/26/2018

State v. Cartwright

Citations

  • 819 S.E.2d 756
  • 425 S.C. 81

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  • concluding the independent expert did not improperly bolster the victims' credibility because she never testified she believed the victims; rather, her testimony generally explained the potential reasons why children recant and the behaviors common to sexually abused children
  • precluding the trial court from providing a limiting instruction or otherwise commenting to the jury on suicide-attempt evidence
  • ruling a trial court did not abuse its discretion in admitting evidence of the defendant's attempted suicide because \a clear and unmistakable nexus link[ed] the suicide attempt to a guilty conscience derivative of the offence for which the defendant [was] on trial\
  • finding the independent expert's testimony was not improper bolstering because she testified in general terms and \never interviewed the victims and never stated she believed the victims were telling the truth\
  • stating \the trial court shall not provide a limiting instruction or otherwise comment to the jury on\ suicide-attempt evidence because such a charge may be an improper charge on the facts
  • finding a defendant's attempted suicide may be admitted to prove consciousness of guilt if the evidence survives a Rule 403 analysis and establishes a nexus between the suicide attempt and a guilty conscience derivative of the offense for which the defendant is on trial

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Judges: Beatty

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