Supreme Court of South Carolina· 7/2/1969
State v. Norris
Citations
- 168 S.E.2d 564
- 253 S.C. 31
- 1969 S.C. LEXIS 148
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- finding “that to warrant the court in eliminating the offense of manslaughter it should very clearly appear that there is no evidence whatever tending to reduce the crime from murder to manslaughter”
- finding \that to warrant the court in eliminating the offense of manslaughter it should very clearly appear that there is no evidence whatever tending to reduce the crime from murder to manslaughter\
- “The exercise of a legal right, no matter how offensive to another, is never in law deemed a provocation sufficient to justify or mitigate an act of violence.”
- objection that photographs were prejudicial or inflammatory should have been made when they were offered in evidence
- \The right of the father to defend his daughter is coextensive with the right of the daughter to defend herself.\
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Judges: Moss, Lewis, Bussey, Brailsford, Littlejohn
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26 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- State v. PittmanSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2007-06-11· cited 186×
- State v. KnotenSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2001-11-05· cited 70×
- Casey v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1991-09-09· cited 51×
- State v. GoolsbySupreme Court of South Carolina· 1980-06-24· cited 49×
- State v. ButlerSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1982-02-22· cited 49×
- State v. DickeySupreme Court of South Carolina· 2011-09-26· cited 46×
- State v. SmithSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2011-02-07· cited 36×
- State v. LowrySupreme Court of South Carolina· 1993-07-12· cited 34×
- State v. GandySupreme Court of South Carolina· 1984-12-13· cited 32×
- State v. DamonSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1985-04-04· cited 29×
- State v. TysonSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1984-11-12· cited 27×
- State v. ArmstrongSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1975-02-12· cited 27×
- State v. CooneySupreme Court of South Carolina· 1995-08-28· cited 24×
- State v. DingleSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1983-07-28· cited 23×
- State v. IveySupreme Court of South Carolina· 1997-01-20· cited 20×
- State v. KahanSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1977-03-15· cited 19×
- State v. GilliamSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1988-10-24· cited 16×
- State v. HernandezCourt of Appeals of South Carolina· 2010-02-25· cited 15×
- State v. ReeseCourt of Appeals of South Carolina· 2004-05-03· cited 11×
- State v. LeonardCourt of Appeals of South Carolina· 1986-01-07· cited 10×
Cites
8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- State v. GardnerSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1951-03-19· cited 52×
- Slocumb v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1923-12-19· cited 22×
- State v. DavisSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1897-09-24· cited 22×
- Lingo v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1859-08-15· cited 20×
- State v. ThorneSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1961-09-18· cited 16×
- Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1873-03-15· cited 8×
- The State v. Hamp Jones, Jr.Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1956-01-09· cited 7×
- Mathews v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1906-03-23· cited 5×
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