Supreme Court of South Carolina· 7/21/1986
State v. Pierce
Citations
- 346 S.E.2d 707
- 289 S.C. 430
- 1986 S.C. LEXIS 400
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- reversing jury verdict of guilty where trial judge made same comments regarding defendant’s constitutional right not to testify as in Gunter, although defendant nonetheless declined to testify
- relying on Gunter and stating the defendant \had the right to make that decision free of any influence or coercion from the trial judge\
- \mental or emotional disturbance\ instruction mandated where defendant was using drugs and extremely intoxicated during commission of crimes
- \Evidence of voluntary intoxication is a proper matter for consideration by the jury in mitigation of punishment.\
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Judges: Finney, Ness, Gregory, Harwell, Chandler
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25 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- State v. TorrenceSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1991-05-20· cited 352×
- State v. HoffmanSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1994-01-24· cited 90×
- State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1991-10-07· cited 83×
- State v. DraytonSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1987-09-08· cited 61×
- State v. CaldwellSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1990-02-05· cited 55×
- State v. AldretSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1999-01-04· cited 49×
- State v. BellamySupreme Court of South Carolina· 1987-08-10· cited 46×
- Butler v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1990-06-20· cited 44×
- State v. NorthcuttSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2007-02-20· cited 38×
- Gallman v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1992-02-24· cited 28×
- State v. StoneSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2002-07-15· cited 28×
- State v. CooperSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1986-11-17· cited 28×
- State v. ArdSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1998-09-14· cited 27×
- Jones v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1998-08-31· cited 19×
- State v. BowmanSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2005-11-28· cited 17×
- State v. CainSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1988-10-24· cited 16×
- State v. CrispSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2005-01-24· cited 13×
- State v. PlemmonsSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1988-08-01· cited 11×
- State v. YoungSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1991-08-12· cited 11×
- McWee v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2004-01-27· cited 9×
Cites
11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Parker v. RandolphSupreme Court· 1979-05-29· cited 590×
- State v. ShawSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1979-05-28· cited 91×
- State v. ButlerSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1982-02-22· cited 49×
- State v. McGuireSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1979-03-13· cited 39×
- Monroe v. LouisianaSupreme Court· 1983-07-06· cited 37×
- State v. WoomerSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1982-12-20· cited 36×
- State v. PattersonSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1982-09-13· cited 18×
- State v. GunterSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1985-10-02· cited 15×
- State v. GillSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1979-05-24· cited 13×
- State v. ParkerSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1971-02-02· cited 6×
- State v. GunterSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1979-06-20· cited 5×
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