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State v. Salmon

Citations

  • 306 S.E.2d 620
  • 279 S.C. 344
  • 1983 S.C. LEXIS 384

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  • construing South Carolina expungement statute and determining that a person found not guilty by reason of insanity cannot be said to have had charge dismissed or to have been found innocent of the charge
  • Where terms of statute are clear and unambiguous, they must be applied according to their literal meaning
  • legislature did not think a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity necessitated destruction of police records

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Judges: Per Curiam

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