Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1/18/1999

State v. Short

Citations

511 S.E.2d 358
333 S.C. 473
1999 S.C. LEXIS 8

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holding no showing of prejudice required when trial court erred in denying defendant's right to exercise peremptory challenges—a statutory procedural right designed to ensure constitutional right to an impartial jury; instead, error was reversible per se
announcing the appropriate remedy for the denial of the right to exercise a peremptory challenge
announcing the appropriate remedy for the denial of the right to exercise a peremptory challenge
announcing the appropriate remedy for the denial of the right to exercise a peremptory challenge
“The principal function of the peremptory strike is to allow for the removal of a juror in whom the challenging party perceives bias or prejudice, even where the juror is not challengeable for cause.”
applying same principle under similar facts

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Judges: Moore, Finney, Toal, Waller, Burnett

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