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Supreme Court of South Carolina· 3/27/2000

State v. Hughey

Citations

  • 529 S.E.2d 721
  • 339 S.C. 439
  • 2000 S.C. LEXIS 75

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  • holding a circuit court’s failure to give a requested jury charge must be erroneous and prejudicial to warrant reversal
  • holding the trial judge has considerable discretion in ruling on the admissibility of testimonial and non-testimonial evidence and his determination of admissibility will not be disturbed absent abuse of discretion resulting in prejudice to the complaining party
  • holding, in a voluntary manslaughter case, the trial court correctly refused the defendant's request to charge the jury specific examples of conduct that might be considered evidence of legal provocation, as the giving of such examples would be an impermissible charge on the facts
  • reviewing the charge on mitigating circumstances, including the mercy charge, and concluding \a reasonable juror would understand that either a statutory or a non-statutory jury circumstance could reduce the sentence to life imprisonment\

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Judges: Toal, Moore, Waller, Burnett, Finney

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