Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 7/26/2017
State v. Oates
Citations
- 803 S.E.2d 911
- 421 S.C. 1
- 2017 WL 3161126
- 2017 S.C. App. LEXIS 63
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- reiterating that a trial court is not required \to accept the accused's version of the underlying facts\ in considering a claim of immunity (quoting Curry, 406 S.C. at 371, 752 S.E.2d at 266)
- finding the defendant's \behavior and words immediately after the shooting were relevant to his state of mind immediately before and during the shooting\
- defining voluntary manslaughter as \the unlawful killing of a human being in sudden heat of passion upon sufficient legal provocation\ (quoting State v. Starnes, 388 S.C. 590, 596, 698 S.E.2d 604, 608 (2010))
- \[O]ur well- established directed verdict standard is not altered by a defendant's claim of self- defense.\
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Cites
28 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- State v. WestonSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2006-01-17· cited 263×
- State v. PittmanSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2007-06-11· cited 186×
- State v. GasterSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2002-05-20· cited 178×
- State v. CherrySupreme Court of South Carolina· 2004-11-29· cited 144×
- State v. KelseySupreme Court of South Carolina· 1998-06-08· cited 143×
- State v. BurkhartSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2002-06-17· cited 83×
- State v. WigginsSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1998-05-18· cited 73×
- State v. CurrySupreme Court of South Carolina· 2013-12-04· cited 69×
- State v. BryantSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2006-07-17· cited 46×
- State v. DickeySupreme Court of South Carolina· 2011-09-26· cited 46×
- State v. ButlerSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2014-03-12· cited 44×
- State v. MOUZONSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1957-08-27· cited 38×
- State v. DouglasCourt of Appeals of South Carolina· 2014-12-23· cited 38×
- State v. LongSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1997-01-13· cited 36×
- State v. SmithSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2011-02-07· cited 36×
- State v. HepburnSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2013-12-11· cited 36×
- State v. StarnesSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2010-08-16· cited 30×
- State v. BixbySupreme Court of South Carolina· 2010-08-16· cited 26×
- State v. JonesSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2016-05-18· cited 24×
- Tate v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2002-09-30· cited 21×
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