Supreme Court of South Carolina· 3/25/1996

State v. Copeland

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468 S.E.2d 620
321 S.C. 318
1996 S.C. LEXIS 35

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providing evidence generally must be excluded as “fruit of the poisonous tree” if it would not have come to light but for illegal police action
a reviewing court will view the alleged improper remark in the context of the entire record
\A solicitor's closing argument ... should stay within the record and reasonable inferences to it.\
circumstantial evidence of manner of victim’s disappearance, coupled with victim’s unlikely voluntary departure as evidence by his personal habits and relationships, sufficient to establish corpus delicti of murder
“The trial court’s discretion will not be overturned absent a showing of an abuse of discretion amounting to an error of law that prejudices the defendant.”
\The appellant has the burden of proving she did not receive a fair trial because of the alleged improper argument.\

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Judges: Burnett, Finney, Moore, Toal, Waller

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