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Supreme Court of South Carolina· 5/9/2011

State v. Duncan

Citations

  • 709 S.E.2d 662
  • 392 S.C. 404
  • 2011 S.C. LEXIS 174

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  • requiring the trial court to conduct, upon motion of either the defendant or the State, a pretrial evidentiary hearing and decide by a preponderance of the evidence presented during the hearing whether the defendant is immune from criminal prosecution under the Act
  • requiring the circuit court to conduct, upon motion of either the defendant or the State, a pretrial evidentiary hearing and decide by a preponderance of the evidence presented during the hearing whether the defendant is immune from criminal prosecution under the Act
  • the castle doctrine immunized the defendant from prosecution for shooting a person who forced his way onto the porch of the defendant’s home

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Judges: Pleicones, Toal, Beatty, Kittredge, Hearn

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