State v. Cheeks

How courts have described this case

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

• holding, in a drug trafficking case, that the trial court must not charge the jury that actual knowledge of the presence of a drug is strong evidence of a defendant's intent to control its disposition or use
• concluding, in a drug trafficking case, that the trial court may not charge the jury that actual knowledge of the presence of a drug is strong evidence of a defendant's intent to control its disposition or use
• \[C]harging a jury that 'actual knowledge of the presence of a drug is strong evidence of intent to control its disposition or use' unduly emphasizes that evidence[] and deprives the jury of its prerogative both to draw inferences and to weigh evidence.\

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Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Cheeks
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2014-05-28· cited 5×
• Wigington v. State
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2015-08-12· cited 1×
• State v. Burdette
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2019-07-31
• Pantovich v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2019-08-07
• State v. Montrelle Lamont Cambell
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2021-12-01
• State v. Nyquan T. Brown
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2024-07-17
• State v. Montrelle Lamont Campbell
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2024-07-17

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Groh v. Ramirez
  Supreme Court· 2004-02-24· cited 1,303×
• State v. Adams
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1987-01-19· cited 47×
• State v. Kimbrell
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1987-11-23· cited 42×
• State v. Ellis
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1974-08-07· cited 41×
• State v. Grant
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1980-11-10· cited 38×
• Solomon v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1994-04-18· cited 30×
• State v. Williams
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1989-02-21· cited 19×
• State v. Cheeks
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2012-10-24· cited 9×