Supreme Court of South Carolina· 4/24/1989
State v. Edwards
Citations
- 379 S.E.2d 888
- 298 S.C. 272
- 1989 S.C. LEXIS 92
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- clarifying the proper standard trial courts should utilize in ruling on directed verdict motions in circumstantial evidence eases
- abrogated by State v. Cherry, 361 S.C. 588, 606 S.E.2d 475 (2004), as recognized in State v. Logan, 405 S.C. 83, 747 S.E.2d 444 (2013)
- “[Ejvery circumstance relied upon by the State [must] be proven beyond a reasonable doubt ... and taken together, point conclusively to the guilt of the accused to the exclusion of every other reasonable hypothesis.”
- “[Ejvery circumstance relied upon by the State [must] be proven beyond a reasonable doubt ... and taken together, point conclusively to the guilt of the accused to the exclusion of every other reasonable hypothesis.”
- “‘[E]very circumstance relied upon by the State [must] be proven beyond a reasonable doubt; and ... all of the circumstances so proven be consistent with each other and taken together, point conclusively to the guilt of the accused to the exclusion of every other reasonable hypothesis.’ ”
- “[E]very circumstance relied upon by the State [must] be proven beyond a reasonable doubt; and ... all of the circumstances so proven be consistent with each other and taken together, point conclusively to the guilt of the accused to the exclusion of every other reasonable hypothesis.”
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Judges: Harwell, Gregory, Finney, Toal, Littlejohn
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56 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- State v. CherrySupreme Court of South Carolina· 2004-11-29· cited 144×
- State v. KelseySupreme Court of South Carolina· 1998-06-08· cited 143×
- Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1997-01-27· cited 82×
- Hebron v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland· 1993-07-22· cited 80×
- State v. NeedsSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1998-11-23· cited 76×
- State v. CopelandSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1996-03-25· cited 68×
- State v. BrazellSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1997-01-13· cited 63×
- State v. MitchellSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2000-07-06· cited 60×
- State v. LollisSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2001-01-29· cited 56×
- State v. ChildsSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1989-11-13· cited 54×
- State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1996-03-18· cited 54×
- State v. ManningSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1991-09-09· cited 50×
- State v. BallengerSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1996-05-13· cited 47×
- State v. PrinceSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1993-12-13· cited 46×
- State v. GripponSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1997-07-21· cited 45×
- State v. ODEMSSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2011-12-28· cited 44×
- State v. LoganSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2013-08-14· cited 43×
- State v. BultronCourt of Appeals of South Carolina· 1995-05-01· cited 40×
- State v. HernandezSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2009-05-26· cited 37×
- State v. ArnoldSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2004-11-08· cited 37×
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