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State v. Pierce

Citations

  • 207 S.E.2d 414
  • 263 S.C. 23
  • 1974 S.C. LEXIS 198

How courts have described this case

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  • noting that whether to grant a new trial based upon after-discovered evidence is within the trial court’s discretion
  • in order to preserve an error for appeal, a defendant must object and ask for a ruling
  • “The credibility of newly-discovered evidence offered in support of a motion for new trial is a matter for determination by the circuit judge to whom it is offered.”
  • must timely object and ask for a ruling to preserve error
  • must timely object and ask for a ruling to preserve error

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Judges: Bussey, Moss, Lewis, Brailsford, Littlejohn

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