State v. Robbins

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• stating a charge on the defense of alibi \should be given when the accused submits that he could not have performed the criminal act because he was in another place at the time of its commission\
• \[A] purported alibi which leaves it possible for the accused to be the guilty person is no alibi at all.\ (citation omitted)
• “Alibi means elsewhere, and the charge should be given when the accused submits that he could not have performed the criminal act because he was in another place at the time of its commission.”
• since an alibi derives its potency as a defense from the fact that it involves the physical impossibility of the accused’s guilt, a purported alibi which leaves it possible for the accused to be the guilty person is no alibi at all
• since an alibi derives its potency as a defense from the fact that it involves the physical impossibility of the accused's guilt, a purported alibi which leaves it possible for the accused to be the guilty person is no alibi at all
• “[S]ince an alibi derives its potency as a defense from the fact that it involves the physical impossibility of the accused’s guilt, a purported alibi which leaves it possible for the accused to be the guilty person is no alibi at all.”

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Cited by

15 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Giesberg v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1998-09-30· cited 231×
• State v. Elmore
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1983-11-01· cited 77×
• Smith v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1985-01-10· cited 50×
• Glover v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1995-06-19· cited 42×
• Duckett v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1988-03-30· cited 22×
• Gibbs v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2013-05-15· cited 17×
• State v. Baker
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2015-02-11· cited 16×
• Maurice Hope v. Warden Cartledge
  Fourth Circuit· 2017-05-22· cited 13×
• State v. Diamond
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1984-02-14· cited 11×
• Riddle v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1992-05-26· cited 6×
• State v. Anders
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 1997-03-03· cited 2×
• Walker v. State
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2012-02-22· cited 1×
• Martin v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2019-07-17
• State v. Stalter
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 2023-03-21
• State v. Jeremy S. Cornish
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2026-05-13

Cites

4 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• State v. Irvin
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1978-04-05· cited 56×
• State v. Mayfield
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1959-07-20· cited 39×
• State v. Caskey
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1979-06-11· cited 18×
• State v. Nicholson
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1955-10-31· cited 3×