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State v. Middleton

Citations

  • 339 S.E.2d 692
  • 288 S.C. 21
  • 1986 S.C. LEXIS 257

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  • noting the trial court must make an affirmative finding that there was no violation of Miranda during a Jackson v. Denno hearing before admitting a statement into evidence
  • explaining autopsy photographs similar to the ones at issue in this case have potential \to arouse the sympathies and prejudices of the jury\
  • reversing where charges of rape and murder of one victim, rape and murder of a second victim the next day, and attempted robbery and assaults on the day after were consolidated for trial
  • reversing where charges of rape and murder of one victim, rape and murder of a second victim the next day, and attempted robbery and assaults on the day after were consolidated for trial
  • holding although prison escapee committed two murders within a few miles of each other and attempted an armed robbery, the trial judge erred in consolidating the charges for one trial where the crimes did not arise out of a single chain of circumstances and they required different evidence
  • noting the trial court must make an affirmative finding that there was no violation of Miranda during a Jackson v. Denno hearing before admitting a statement into evidence

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Judges: Gregory, Ness, Harwell, Chandler, Finney

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