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State v. Foust

Citations

  • 479 S.E.2d 50
  • 325 S.C. 12
  • 1996 S.C. LEXIS 214

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  • holding when reviewing a circuit court’s instruction to the jury, the charge must be considered in its entirety
  • stating proof of a specific intent to take life is not necessarily required, so long as there is intent to commit grievous bodily injury such, had death occurred, the offense would have been murder

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Judges: Waller, Finney, Toal, Moore, Burnett

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