State v. Finley

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• observing, in a case discussing the elements of self-defense, that the theory of “imperfect self-defense,” which reduces an offense from murder to voluntary manslaughter, “is not the law in South Carolina”
• where defendant's motion is cause of the delay, he cannot expect dismissal of the charges because the case was not tried within 120 days
• where defendant’s motion is cause of the delay, he cannot expect dismissal of the charges because the case was not tried within 120 days
• “The purpose of I.A.D. is to foster the expeditious disposition of charges outstanding against prisoners so as to eliminate uncertainties which accompany the filing of detainers.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

14 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Acosta
  Washington Supreme Court· 1984-05-24· cited 168×
• State v. Adams
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2003-05-05· cited 161×
• State v. Wiggins
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1998-05-18· cited 73×
• United States v. Joel Robert Scheer
  Second Circuit· 1984-02-24· cited 58×
• State v. Sams
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2014-09-24· cited 28×
• State v. Glover
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1985-01-29· cited 19×
• Saffold v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1987-12-08· cited 18×
• Theodore Griffin v. George N. Martin, Iii, Warden Attorney General of the State of S. C.
  Fourth Circuit· 1986-04-28· cited 16×
• State v. Schmidt
  Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals· 1997-01-28· cited 15×
• Ronald Francis Smart v. William D. Leeke, Commissioner, South Carolina Department of Corrections Attorney General of South Carolina
  Fourth Circuit· 1989-05-04· cited 14×
• Marshall v. Superior Court
  California Court of Appeal· 1986-07-21· cited 11×
• Jones v. State
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1991-06-13· cited 10×
• Knox v. State
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1993-03-19· cited 8×
• Ronald Francis Smart v. William D. Leeke, Commissioner, South Carolina Department of Corrections Attorney General of South Carolina
  Fourth Circuit· 1988-10-27· cited 4×

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• State v. Hendrix
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1978-05-01· cited 39×
• State v. Bolton
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1976-04-07· cited 24×
• People v. Grubbs
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1977-06-23· cited 14×
• State v. Patterson
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1979-06-25· cited 12×
• Fasano v. Hall
  D. Massachusetts· 1979-09-10· cited 3×
• State v. Holbrook
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1979-11-13· cited 3×