Supreme Court of South Carolina· 11/14/1988

State v. Howard

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374 S.E.2d 284
296 S.C. 481
1988 S.C. LEXIS 129

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assuming defendant's right to counsel had attached, defendant had waived that right because he initiated the contact with the police
province of the trial court to determine factual issues by the preponderance of the evidence
province of the trial court to determine factual issues by the preponderance of the evidence
a co-defendant’s statement concerning another murder possibly committed by defendant did not require a mistrial
Supreme Court favors the exercise of the wide discretion of the circuit judge in determining the merits of a motion for mistrial in each individual case
any error in failing to grant a mistrial when a codefendant referred to another possible homicide committed by a defendant charged with murder was harmless where the record clearly supported the conviction

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Judges: Toal, Gregory, Chandler, Finney, Littlejohn

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