Supreme Court of South Carolina· 6/18/1984
State v. Davis
Citations
- 317 S.E.2d 452
- 282 S.C. 45
- 1984 S.C. LEXIS 319
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- explaining two of the elements of self-defense are whether \the defendant ... actually believed he was in imminent danger\ and whether \a reasonably prudent man of ordinary firmness and courage would have entertained the same belief\
- a trial court does not err in refusing to give a requested jury instruction where it does not state the correct law
- the four elements required to establish self-defense are (1) the party must be without fault in bringing on the difficulty; (2) the party must have actually believed he was, or actually been, in imminent danger of losing his life or sustaining serious bodily injury; (3
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Judges: Per Curiam
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54 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- State v. KelseySupreme Court of South Carolina· 1998-06-08· cited 143×
- State v. BurrissSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1999-02-16· cited 97×
- State v. BurkhartSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2002-06-17· cited 83×
- State v. NicholsSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1997-01-20· cited 80×
- State v. WigginsSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1998-05-18· cited 73×
- State v. CurrySupreme Court of South Carolina· 2013-12-04· cited 69×
- State v. HillSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1993-07-06· cited 60×
- State v. DaySupreme Court of South Carolina· 2000-07-06· cited 50×
- State v. SantiagoCourt of Appeals of South Carolina· 2006-06-19· cited 49×
- State v. FullerSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1989-03-06· cited 48×
- State v. BellamySupreme Court of South Carolina· 1987-08-10· cited 46×
- State v. GoodsonSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1994-01-17· cited 46×
- State v. DickeySupreme Court of South Carolina· 2011-09-26· cited 46×
- State v. StarnesSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2000-05-08· cited 45×
- State v. TaylorSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2003-06-12· cited 40×
- State v. LongSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1997-01-13· cited 36×
- Robinson v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1992-04-27· cited 30×
- State v. MarinSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2016-03-23· cited 30×
- State v. BixbySupreme Court of South Carolina· 2010-08-16· cited 26×
- State v. JonesSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2016-05-18· cited 24×
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