Supreme Court of South Carolina· 3/19/1951
State v. Gardner
Citations
- 64 S.E.2d 130
- 219 S.C. 97
- 1951 S.C. LEXIS 27
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- heat of passion renders mind of ordinary person incapable of cool reflection and produces an uncontrollable impulse to do violence
- defendant not entitled to insanity charge even though police testified, shortly after the homicide, defendant “didn’t act clear” and “looked like a madman,” but stated he was “ready to be electrocuted;” the statement showed the defendant “fully appreciated the gravity of his act.”
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Judges: Oxner, Stuices, Tayror, Tide, Fishburne, Stukes, Eishburne
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37 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- State v. PittmanSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2007-06-11· cited 186×
- State v. WigginsSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1998-05-18· cited 73×
- State v. ColeSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2000-01-04· cited 67×
- State v. RochevilleSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1993-01-04· cited 51×
- Casey v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1991-09-09· cited 51×
- State v. LocklairSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2000-06-26· cited 49×
- State v. SantiagoCourt of Appeals of South Carolina· 2006-06-19· cited 49×
- State v. ButlerSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1982-02-22· cited 49×
- State v. ByrdSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1996-08-19· cited 39×
- State v. SmithSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2011-02-07· cited 36×
- State v. LowrySupreme Court of South Carolina· 1993-07-12· cited 34×
- State v. JonesSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1989-03-06· cited 34×
- State v. NorrisSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1969-07-02· cited 33×
- State v. HarveySupreme Court of South Carolina· 1951-12-17· cited 31×
- State v. StarnesSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2010-08-16· cited 30×
- State v. MalumphyArizona Supreme Court· 1969-12-03· cited 29×
- State v. MoorerSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1963-01-21· cited 27×
- State v. ChasteenSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1955-08-24· cited 26×
- State v. FullerSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1956-06-14· cited 26×
- State v. KahanSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1977-03-15· cited 19×
Cites
5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. TrippiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1929-06-29· cited 30×
- State v. GilliamSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1903-06-20· cited 28×
- State v. DavisSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1897-09-24· cited 22×
- State v. EhlersSupreme Court of New Jersey· 1922-11-20· cited 10×
- State v. NortonSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1888-06-14· cited 4×
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