Supreme Court of South Carolina· 5/26/1987
State v. Hawkins
Citations
- 357 S.E.2d 10
- 292 S.C. 418
- 88 A.L.R. 4th 1
- 1987 S.C. LEXIS 263
How courts have described this case
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- holding the trial was infected with unfairness when the solicitor used the nickname Mad Dog to refer to the defendant on countless occasions during voir dire, trial, closing, and sentencing
- reversing conviction where prosecutor improperly commented upon defendant’s failure to testify and explaining that such a comment essentially is a comment upon defendant’s right to remain silent
- finding the use of defendant's nickname over forty times was \excessive and repetitious\ and denied the defendant the right to a fair trial
- reversing a conviction when the State improperly commented upon a defendant's failure to testify and explaining that such a comment essentially is a comment upon defendant's right to remain silent
- where solicitor’s excessive and repetitious use of nickname “Mad Dog” in referring to defendant aroused passion and prejudice of jury
- “You have seen no remorse ...”
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Judges: Finney, Ness, Gregory, Richter, Chandler
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19 cases in this archive cite this case.
- State v. TorrenceSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1991-05-20· cited 352×
- Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1997-01-27· cited 82×
- State v. CopelandSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1996-03-25· cited 68×
- State v. DavisSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1992-10-05· cited 64×
- State v. CaldwellSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1990-02-05· cited 55×
- State v. DaySupreme Court of South Carolina· 2000-07-06· cited 50×
- State v. MatthewsSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1988-10-24· cited 40×
- State v. GraddickSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2001-06-04· cited 22×
- Edmond v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2000-06-26· cited 21×
- State v. McFaddenCourt of Appeals of South Carolina· 1995-04-17· cited 20×
- State v. CockerhamSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1988-02-08· cited 18×
- State v. WeaverCourt of Appeals of South Carolina· 2004-09-07· cited 14×
- State v. ElkinsSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1993-10-04· cited 14×
- Randall v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2004-01-12· cited 13×
- Vaughn v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2004-12-20· cited 12×
- State v. DiddlemeyerSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1988-11-02· cited 11×
- State v. TubbsSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1999-01-04· cited 5×
- State v. McClureSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2000-09-11· cited 5×
- State v. John Christopher HartCourt of Appeals of South Carolina· 2022-03-02
Cites
13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court· 1965-04-28· cited 4,680×
- Darden v. WainwrightSupreme Court· 1986-09-03· cited 4,161×
- Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court· 1965-06-07· cited 4,088×
- Donnelly v. DeChristoforoSupreme Court· 1974-05-13· cited 3,922×
- Estelle v. SmithSupreme Court· 1981-05-18· cited 2,053×
- State v. GoolsbySupreme Court of South Carolina· 1980-06-24· cited 49×
- State v. RobinsonSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1961-04-04· cited 46×
- State v. BrownSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1986-07-21· cited 41×
- State v. SloanSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1982-12-06· cited 29×
- State v. WhiteSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1965-10-13· cited 29×
- State v. RouseSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1974-07-02· cited 15×
- Thompson v. AikenSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1984-04-10· cited 11×
- State v. ThomasSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1986-01-16· cited 9×
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