Supreme Court of South Carolina· 3/19/1990
State v. Major
Citations
- 391 S.E.2d 235
- 301 S.C. 181
- 1990 S.C. LEXIS 67
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that possession of cocaine is a crime of moral turpitude
- holding that possession of cocaine is a crime of moral turpitude
- accused placed character in issue by testifying he did not frequent bad neighborhood and did not sell drugs
- when the accused offers evidence of his good character regarding specific character traits relative to the crime charged, the State may cross-examine as to particular bad acts or conduct relating to the traits focused on by the accused
- “A crime of moral turpitude is an act of baseness, vileness or depravity in the private and social duties which man owes to his fellow man or to society in general, contrary to the customary and accepted rule of right and duty between man.”
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Judges: Toal, Gregory, Harwell, Chandler, Finney
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32 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- State v. McKnightSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2003-01-27· cited 73×
- State v. TaylorSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1998-11-23· cited 71×
- Wei Cong Mei v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United StatesSeventh Circuit· 2004-12-29· cited 61×
- State v. BraxtonSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2001-02-05· cited 33×
- Jackson v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1998-01-19· cited 27×
- Foye v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1999-07-26· cited 27×
- Maria Arias v. Loretta E. LynchSeventh Circuit· 2016-08-24· cited 23×
- State v. JosephCourt of Appeals of South Carolina· 1997-08-18· cited 22×
- State v. DavisCourt of Appeals of South Carolina· 1992-06-22· cited 22×
- State v. BoldenSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1990-10-08· cited 20×
- In Re of LockTexas Supreme Court· 2001-06-21· cited 17×
- State v. BarrosoCourt of Appeals of South Carolina· 1995-06-12· cited 16×
- State v. YoungCourt of Appeals of South Carolina· 2005-05-02· cited 16×
- State v. YoungSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2008-05-19· cited 15×
- State v. HawesCourt of Appeals of South Carolina· 2018-03-14· cited 14×
- State v. ChinaCourt of Appeals of South Carolina· 1993-12-28· cited 11×
- State v. OutlawSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1992-02-10· cited 9×
- State v. HallCourt of Appeals of South Carolina· 1991-11-12· cited 9×
- Legare v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1998-12-14· cited 7×
- State v. CooperSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1994-01-10· cited 7×
Cites
6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- State v. AllenSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1976-04-09· cited 44×
- State v. HarveySupreme Court of South Carolina· 1980-07-30· cited 33×
- State v. LaBargeSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1980-07-21· cited 27×
- Taylor v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1972-05-11· cited 22×
- State v. MorrisSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1986-06-09· cited 19×
- State v. BallSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1987-04-13· cited 17×
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