State v. Porter

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• noting that the determination of whether new evidence is credible for purposes of a new trial motion rests with the trial court
• holding mutual combat precluded a plea of self-defense where Appellant returned to injured party's property at least twice with a gun despite prior verbal warnings not to return and accompanying gunshots
• holding mutual combat precluded a plea of self-defense where Appellant returned to injured party’s property at least twice with a gun despite prior verbal warnings not to return and accompanying gunshots
• holding \the law [of] . . . mutual combat obviated a plea of self-defense\ when the defendant engaged \in an exchange of gunfire in which [a third person] was severely wounded\
• noting the theory of transferred self-defense has not been accepted in South Carolina
• finding a mutual combat charge was proper when there was evidence the defendant had returned with a gun to one victim's property at least twice in spite of prior verbal abuse, threats, and gunshots

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Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Taylor
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2003-06-12· cited 40×
• State v. Hendrix
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1978-05-01· cited 39×
• State v. Mercer
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2009-01-12· cited 36×
• Jamison v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2014-10-22· cited 29×
• State v. Barksdale
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 1993-03-15· cited 27×
• State v. Harris
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2011-02-23· cited 23×
• State v. Barton
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 1997-01-20· cited 17×
• State v. Faulkner
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1980-05-12· cited 15×
• Porter v. Leeke
  D. South Carolina· 1978-08-28· cited 10×
• State v. Bowers
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2019-08-07
• The State v. Joseph Bowers
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2022-06-29
• Jerome Campbell v. State
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2023-10-04

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• State v. Whitener
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1955-02-08· cited 46×
• State v. Mayfield
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1959-07-20· cited 39×
• State v. Clamp
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1954-03-16· cited 31×
• State v. Graham
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1973-05-09· cited 29×
• State v. Wells
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1967-03-28· cited 24×
• State v. Wright
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1977-09-20· cited 21×
• State v. Corn
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1953-09-10· cited 8×