Supreme Court of South Carolina· 9/19/2011

State v. Jennings

Citations

716 S.E.2d 91
394 S.C. 473
2011 S.C. LEXIS 293

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recognizing that for an issue, including a constitutional issue, to be properly preserved for appellate review it must be raised to and ruled on by the trial court
holding when credibility is the ultimate issue in a case, improper corroboration evidence that is merely cumulative to other testimony is not harmless
holding the trial court's error in allowing the State to introduce a forensic interviewer's written report containing inadmissible hearsay that bolstered the victim's testimony was not harmless
“For an issue to be properly preserved it has to be raised to and ruled on by the trial court.”
\[W]itnesses are generally not allowed to testify whether another witness is telling the truth.\
\[W]itnesses are generally not allowed to testify whether another witness is telling the truth.\

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Judges: Pleicones, Beatty, Kittredge, Hearn, Toal

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