Supreme Court of South Carolina· 6/8/1998

State v. Kelsey

Citations

502 S.E.2d 63
331 S.C. 50
1998 S.C. LEXIS 126

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holding that malice is \the wrongful intent to injure another and indicates a wicked or depraved spirit intent on wrongdoing\
explaining that mistake of fact is an available defense only if the defendant can show a reasonable basis for having made the mistake
finding that on a directed verdict motion in a criminal case, the evidence must be viewed in the light most favorable to the State
explaining that instruction to disregard inadmissible evidence will usually cure any error in its admission
providing that when ruling on a motion for directed verdict, the trial court is concerned with the existence of evidence rather than its weight
holding a mistake of fact must be reasonable in a general intent crime

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Judges: Toal, Moore, Waller, Burnett, Goolsby

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