Supreme Court of South Carolina· 10/7/1991
State v. Johnson
Citations
- 410 S.E.2d 547
- 306 S.C. 119
- 1991 S.C. LEXIS 207
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- recognizing that courts have affirmed convictions where the trial court did not use “moral certainty” language in conjunction with “substantial” or “grave” doubt in defining reasonable doubt
- finding harmless error when trial judge erred in admitting prior bad act evidence where the testimony was minimal
- affirming convictions where trial court did not use “moral certainty” language in conjunction with “substantial” or “grave” doubt in defining reasonable doubt, although those terms also are disfavored
- referring to this testimony as \the admission of guilt Johnson made\
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Judges: Toal, Gregory, Harwell, Chandler, Finney
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55 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- State v. GentryWashington Supreme Court· 1995-01-25· cited 498×
- State v. PaganSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2006-06-19· cited 319×
- Staley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1994-04-27· cited 194×
- State v. AlekseySupreme Court of South Carolina· 2000-11-13· cited 111×
- State v. TuckerSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1996-11-04· cited 105×
- State v. GeorgeSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1996-09-03· cited 98×
- State v. PattersonSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1997-02-28· cited 98×
- State v. NeedsSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1998-11-23· cited 76×
- State v. HugheySupreme Court of South Carolina· 2000-03-27· cited 68×
- State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1996-04-08· cited 65×
- State v. ByramSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1997-04-28· cited 57×
- State v. BryantSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2007-02-27· cited 57×
- State v. NelsonSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1998-04-06· cited 55×
- State v. RochevilleSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1993-01-04· cited 51×
- State v. HarrisTennessee Supreme Court· 1996-04-15· cited 50×
- State v. LangleySupreme Court of South Carolina· 1999-03-22· cited 48×
- State v. SoutherlandSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1994-08-15· cited 43×
- Humphries v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2002-08-26· cited 40×
- State v. HillSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1998-06-08· cited 40×
- State v. HughesSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1999-10-04· cited 39×
Cites
44 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court· 1970-05-18· cited 11,712×
- Giglio v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1972-02-24· cited 7,003×
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court· 1968-06-03· cited 4,818×
- Doyle v. OhioSupreme Court· 1976-06-17· cited 4,773×
- Payne v. TennesseeSupreme Court· 1991-09-13· cited 3,458×
- Caldwell v. MississippiSupreme Court· 1985-06-11· cited 2,827×
- Enmund v. FloridaSupreme Court· 1982-07-02· cited 2,349×
- California v. BrownSupreme Court· 1987-01-27· cited 1,207×
- Cage v. LouisianaSupreme Court· 1990-11-13· cited 1,172×
- Saffle v. ParksSupreme Court· 1990-03-05· cited 1,054×
- Poland v. ArizonaSupreme Court· 1986-05-05· cited 338×
- Brown v. North CarolinaSupreme Court· 1986-11-03· cited 227×
- State v. CopelandSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1982-11-10· cited 134×
- Branche v. FreemanSupreme Court· 1983-06-27· cited 124×
- State v. AlexanderSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1991-02-04· cited 119×
- State v. GreenSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1990-03-19· cited 89×
- State v. BellSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1990-02-26· cited 81×
- State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1987-08-24· cited 63×
- State v. OwensSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1987-07-06· cited 61×
- State v. PlathSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1981-10-07· cited 60×
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