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· 12/17/2008

State v. Kirton

Citations

  • 671 S.E.2d 107
  • 381 S.C. 7
  • 2008 S.C. App. LEXIS 212

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding the victim's testimony alone was sufficient to establish clear and convincing evidence of prior bad acts
  • holding the introduction of inadmissible evidence is harmless when the evidence is merely cumulative to other unobjected-to evidence
  • stating the admission of inadmissible evidence is harmless where it is merely cumulative to other evidence that is admitted without objection
  • \The degree of remoteness between the other crimes and the one charged is one factor to be considered in determining the connection between them.\
  • \The admission of improper evidence is harmless where the evidence is merely cumulative to other evidence.\
  • \The appellate court does not re-evaluate the facts based on its own view of the evidence but simply determines whether the trial [court's] ruling is supported by any evidence.\

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Judges: Anderson, Huff, Thomas

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