Supreme Court of South Carolina· 6/17/2020
State v. Smith
Syllabus
The Court reverses Petitioner's convictions and remands for a new trial, finding felony attempted-murder is not a recognized crime in South Carolina, and the trial court may not give an implied malice jury charge when there is also evidence the defendant acted in self-defense.
Cites
8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Futch v. McAllister Towing of Georgetown, Inc.Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1999-07-26· cited 1,327×
- State v. BelcherSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2009-10-12· cited 80×
- Keys v. StateNevada Supreme Court· 1988-12-29· cited 63×
- State v. KingSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2017-10-25· cited 44×
- State v. WildsCourt of Appeals of South Carolina· 2003-07-21· cited 31×
- State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2019-06-12· cited 12×
- State v. SmithCourt of Appeals of South Carolina· 2018-08-15· cited 5×
- State of West Virginia v. Marcus Stephen SandersWest Virginia Supreme Court· 2019-04-09· cited 4×
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