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Supreme Court of South Carolina· 12/2/1981

State v. Lynn

Citations

  • 284 S.E.2d 786
  • 277 S.C. 222

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  • holding that the failure to contemporaneously object to prejudicial testimony “cannot be later bootstrapped by a motion for a mistrial”
  • holding that the appellant's failure to contemporaneously object to certain testimony could not be \later bootstrapped by a motion for a mistrial\
  • recognizing a no contest plea is equivalent to a conviction and has many similarities to a plea of guilty
  • holding the failure to contemporaneously object to a matter advanced as prejudicial Acannot be later bootstrapped by a motion for a mistrial@
  • finding an appellant’s failure to contemporaneously object to testimony that he later advanced as prejudicial following the State’s completion of its case could not be bootstrapped to a motion for a mistrial
  • finding trial judge did not force a verdict when the jury deliberated for nine hours prior to the Allen charge, and asked for further instructions two hours after the charge was given before reaching a verdict

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Judges: Harwell

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