Supreme Court of South Carolina· 6/20/1994
State v. Smith
Citations
- 446 S.E.2d 411
- 315 S.C. 547
- 1994 S.C. LEXIS 146
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- recognizing harmless error analysis applies to Sixth Amendment violations
- the trial court may and should refuse a charge on a lesser-included offense where there is no evidence that the defendant committed the lesser rather than the greater offense
- [T]o constitute involuntary manslaughter, there must be a finding of criminal negligence, statutorily defined as a reckless disregard of the safety of others.
- jury instructions should be considered as whole, and if as whole they are free from error, any isolated portions which may be misleading do not constitute reversible error
- jury instructions should be considered as whole, and if as whole they are free from error, any isolated portions which may be misleading do not constitute reversible error
- jury instructions must be considered as a whole, and if as a whole they are free from error, any isolated portions which might be misleading do not constitute reversible error
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Judges: Toal, Harwell, Chandler, Finney, Moore
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47 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- State v. CheeseboroSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2001-08-27· cited 115×
- State v. AlekseySupreme Court of South Carolina· 2000-11-13· cited 111×
- State v. TuckerSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1996-11-04· cited 105×
- State v. PattersonCourt of Appeals of South Carolina· 1999-09-20· cited 92×
- State v. AdkinsCourt of Appeals of South Carolina· 2003-01-06· cited 88×
- State v. NeedsSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1998-11-23· cited 76×
- Keaton Ex Rel. Foster v. GREENVILLE HOSP.Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1999-03-01· cited 75×
- State v. MitchellSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1998-04-06· cited 71×
- State v. ZeiglerCourt of Appeals of South Carolina· 2005-03-21· cited 60×
- Suber v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2007-01-22· cited 53×
- State v. TyndallCourt of Appeals of South Carolina· 1999-05-24· cited 46×
- State v. PickensSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1996-01-22· cited 46×
- State v. GripponSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1997-07-21· cited 45×
- State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2000-01-10· cited 45×
- State v. StukesSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2016-05-04· cited 39×
- State v. MarinSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2016-03-23· cited 30×
- State v. SprouseCourt of Appeals of South Carolina· 1996-11-25· cited 28×
- State v. SamsSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2014-09-24· cited 28×
- State v. GracelySupreme Court of South Carolina· 2012-08-29· cited 28×
- State v. ChatmanSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1999-08-02· cited 27×
Cites
10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Delaware v. Van ArsdallSupreme Court· 1986-04-07· cited 7,102×
- State v. SimsSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1991-09-24· cited 97×
- State v. TynerSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1979-08-23· cited 69×
- Casey v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1991-09-09· cited 51×
- State v. LynnSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1981-12-02· cited 46×
- State v. GrahamSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1994-06-06· cited 39×
- Bozeman v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1992-02-10· cited 33×
- State v. RabonSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1980-12-01· cited 33×
- State v. BarnettSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1951-01-10· cited 22×
- State v. BrownSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1991-01-07· cited 22×
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