Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1/6/1981

State v. Penland

Citations

273 S.E.2d 765
275 S.C. 537
1981 S.C. LEXIS 291

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holding defendant’s failure to move for a mistrial on grounds of improper argument by the State constitutes waiver of the issue on appeal
holding the control of argument is normally within the discretion of the trial court, and we will not disturb its ruling where there is no abuse of discretion
finding appellant waived the issue where he did not make a motion for a mistrial until after the verdict
Under Brady, “the test is not whether the solicitor failed to reveal the information, but whether the omission deprived the defendant of a fair trial.”
defendant’s failure to move for mistrial on grounds of improper argument by State constitutes waiver of issue on appeal
a struggle coupled with other evidence supported a trial judge's charge of voluntary manslaughter

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Judges: Ness, Lewis, Littlejohn, Gregory, Harwell

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