Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2/13/1986

State v. Mathis

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340 S.E.2d 538
287 S.C. 589
1986 S.C. LEXIS 268

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holding that the victim’s testimony that the defendant touched her with his penis and that it hurt was evidence of an intrusion, and, therefore, was evidence that a sexual battery occurred
holding a six-year-old’s testimony that it “hurt” when the defendant touched her vaginal area with his penis “is evidence of some ‘intrusion, however slight,’ as ... required by § 16-3-651(h
holding a six-year-old’s testimony that it “hurt” when the defendant touched her vaginal area with his penis “is evidence of some ‘intrusion, however slight,’ as ... required by § 16-3-651(h)” and thus the trial court “properly denied [the] motion for a directed verdict”
jury must be instructed on lesser included offense where there is evidence from which juror could infer that defendant committed lesser, rather than greater offense
jury must be instructed on lesser included offense where there is evidence from which juror could infer that defendant committed lesser, rather than greater offense
pain was sufficient evidence of penetration, even where the child victim “could not remember if he put it inside her body”

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Judges: Chandler, Ness, Gregory, Harwell, Finney

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