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Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 12/23/2014

State v. Douglas

Citations

  • 411 S.C. 307
  • 768 S.E.2d 232
  • 2014 S.C. App. LEXIS 315

How courts have described this case

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  • recognizing that “immunity under the Act ‘is predicated on an accused demonstrating the elements of self-defense to the satisfaction of the trial court by the preponderance of the evidence,’ save the duty to retreat.” (quoting Curry, 406 S.C. at 371-72, 752 S.E.2d at 266-67)
  • providing the elements of self-defense save the duty to retreat are (1) the defendant must be without fault in bringing on the difficulty; (2
  • finding improperly-admitted testimony harmless when the subject of the challenged testimony is well-established by properly admitted evidence prior to the admission of the improper testimony
  • listing as an element of self-defense, \the defendant had no other probable means of avoiding the danger of losing his own life or sustaining serious bodily injury than to act as he did in this particular instance\
  • providing the elements of self-defense save the duty to retreat are (1) the defendant must be without fault in bringing on the difficulty; (2) the defendant must believe he is in imminent danger of death or great bodily injury or actually be in such imminent danger; and (3
  • \[T]he abuse of discretion standard of review does not allow this court to reweigh the evidence or second-guess the trial court's assessment of witness credibility.\

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Judges: Geathers, McDonald, Williams

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