Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2/8/1988
State v. Cockerham
Citations
- 365 S.E.2d 22
- 294 S.C. 380
- 1988 S.C. LEXIS 19
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Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that prosecutor’s indirect reference to defendant’s silence and indirect comments on defendant’s exercise of his rights to counsel and jury trial violated defendant’s due process rights and were reversible error in murder and kidnaping trial
- holding the prosecutor's indirect reference to a defendant's silence impermissibly commented on his right not to testify
- Solicitor commented that defendant depended on the jurors’ “soft underbellies], lack of courage,” and “lack of commitment” to not give him the death penalty
- error to refer to jury's \soft underbelly\ and lack of courage and commitment
- error to refer to jury’s “soft underbelly” and lack of courage and commitment
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Judges: Per Curiam
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12 cases in this archive cite this case.
- McGilberry v. StateMississippi Supreme Court· 1999-06-03· cited 242×
- State v. BellSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1990-02-26· cited 81×
- Jackson v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware· 1994-07-15· cited 50×
- Alton Neville v. State of IndianaIndiana Court of Appeals· 2012-10-19· cited 46×
- State v. MatthewsSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1988-10-24· cited 40×
- State v. GathersSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1988-06-06· cited 26×
- State v. PattersonSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1989-08-14· cited 24×
- State v. HortonCourt of Appeals of South Carolina· 2004-04-06· cited 23×
- Edmond v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2000-06-26· cited 21×
- State v. TruesdaleSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1990-03-12· cited 15×
- State v. ReidSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1996-09-23· cited 11×
- Stephen Virgil McGilberry v. State of MississippiMississippi Supreme Court· 1996-02-12
Cites
8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Doyle v. OhioSupreme Court· 1976-06-17· cited 4,773×
- Donnelly v. DeChristoforoSupreme Court· 1974-05-13· cited 3,922×
- State v. LinderSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1981-05-14· cited 114×
- State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1987-08-24· cited 63×
- State v. SloanSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1982-12-06· cited 29×
- State v. HawkinsSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1987-05-26· cited 26×
- State v. ReedSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1987-11-09· cited 25×
- State v. ArtherSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1986-10-20· cited 24×
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