Supreme Court of South Carolina· 8/14/2013

State v. Logan

Citations

405 S.C. 83
747 S.E.2d 444
2013 WL 4082346
2013 S.C. LEXIS 205

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concluding any error in the trial court’s jury instructions was harmless because the trial court “clearly instructed the jury regarding the reasonable doubt burden of proof’ and its jury instruction, “as a whole, properly conveyed the applicable law.” (citations omitted)
providing language that trial courts should include in a circumstantial evidence charge when the charge is requested by a defendant
setting forth the instruction to be given by trial courts when requested by a defendant
requiring trial courts to give a jury instruction that defines direct and circumstantial evidence, explains that neither category of evidence is entitled to greater weight, and imposes the reasonable-doubt burden of proof
requiring trial courts to give a jury instruction that defines direct and circumstantial evidence, explains that neither category of evidence is entitled to greater weight, and imposes the reasonable-doubt burden of proof
disapproving of the \every other reasonable hypothesis\ language in Edwards because it came close to shifting the burden of proof to the defendant to provide an alternate theory that would prove his innocence

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Judges: Beatty, Hearn, Kittredge, Pleicones, Toal

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