Supreme Court of South Carolina· 10/31/1984
State v. Schrock
Citations
- 322 S.E.2d 450
- 283 S.C. 129
- 1984 S.C. LEXIS 366
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- stating a “trial judge should grant a directed verdict motion when the evidence merely raises a suspicion that the accused is guilty”
- reversing denial of directed verdict and relying, in part, on lack of evidence placing defendant at the scene of the crime
- stating the State has the burden of proving “the accused was at the scene of the crime when it happened and that he committed the criminal act”
- noting the State has the burden of proving “the accused was at the scene of the crime when it happened and that he committed the criminal act”
- stating the State has the burden of proving \the accused was at the scene of the crime when it happened and that he committed the criminal act\
- directed verdict should have been granted where there was no substantial evidence establishing defendant's presence at scene of murder
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Judges: Per Curiam
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44 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- State v. BurdetteSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1999-04-05· cited 87×
- State v. ZeiglerCourt of Appeals of South Carolina· 2005-03-21· cited 60×
- State v. MitchellSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2000-07-06· cited 60×
- State v. CondreyCourt of Appeals of South Carolina· 2002-04-01· cited 56×
- State v. ODEMSSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2011-12-28· cited 44×
- State v. LoganSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2013-08-14· cited 43×
- State v. BrownSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2004-08-30· cited 41×
- State v. ArnoldSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2004-11-08· cited 37×
- State v. WattsCourt of Appeals of South Carolina· 1996-02-05· cited 34×
- State v. MartinezSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1987-11-30· cited 32×
- State v. MartinSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2000-06-12· cited 31×
- State v. WildsCourt of Appeals of South Carolina· 2003-07-21· cited 31×
- State v. BostickSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2011-04-11· cited 31×
- State v. MillerSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1985-11-10· cited 28×
- State v. MooreCourt of Appeals of South Carolina· 2007-05-18· cited 27×
- State v. OwensSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1987-01-12· cited 27×
- State v. WakefieldCourt of Appeals of South Carolina· 1996-06-17· cited 24×
- State v. BrownSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2013-03-13· cited 22×
- Edmond v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2000-06-26· cited 21×
- State v. RogersCourt of Appeals of South Carolina· 2013-09-04· cited 21×
Cites
6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- State v. IrvinSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1978-04-05· cited 56×
- State v. MayfieldSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1959-07-20· cited 39×
- State v. HendrixSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1978-05-01· cited 39×
- State v. StewartSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1982-03-03· cited 20×
- State v. WhartonSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1975-01-15· cited 19×
- Mayfield v. South CarolinaSupreme Court· 1960-10-10· cited 9×
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