Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2/8/1999

State v. Garcia

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512 S.E.2d 507
334 S.C. 71
1999 S.C. LEXIS 28

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holding inadmissible a cousin’s testimony that the victim told her if she ever left her boyfriend he would kill her because it improperly revealed the reason for the victim’s state of mind
admitting evidence of victim's fear \because it tended to disprove appellant's contention the shooting was an accident; the victim’s fear suggests appellant may have intended the shooting” although \Appellant offered no evidence at trial.”
admitting evidence of victim's fear \because it tended to disprove appellant's contention the shooting was an accident; the victim's fear suggests appellant may have intended the shooting\ although \Appellant offered no evidence at trial.\
statement must relate to present or look to future, but cannot look back to past condition
“[W]hile the present state of the declarant’s mind is admissible as an exception to hearsay, the reason for the declarant’s state of mind is not.”
“[W]hile the present state of the declarant’s mind is admissible as an exception to hearsay, the reason for the declarant’s state of mind is not.”

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Judges: Burnett, Finney, Toal, Moore, Waller

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