Supreme Court of South Carolina· 10/13/1983
State v. Spann
Citations
- 308 S.E.2d 518
- 279 S.C. 399
- 1983 S.C. LEXIS 362
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding upon a motion for a directed verdict, the trial judge is concerned with the existence of evidence and not its weight
- finding the trial court did not abuse its discretion in refusing to strike a juror who stated he could be fair and impartial
- \A juror's competence is within the [circuit court]'s sole discretion and is not reviewable on appeal unless wholly unsupported by the evidence.\
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Judges: Harwell, Lewis, Littlejohn, Ness, Gregory
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27 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- State v. GreenSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1990-03-19· cited 89×
- State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1991-10-07· cited 83×
- State v. BellSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1990-02-26· cited 81×
- State v. KornahrensSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1986-10-13· cited 73×
- State v. GaskinsSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1985-01-22· cited 58×
- State v. MorganSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1984-08-07· cited 47×
- State v. AtkinsSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1990-10-08· cited 36×
- State v. JonesSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1989-03-06· cited 34×
- State v. LongworthSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1993-10-25· cited 31×
- State v. SpannSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1999-02-16· cited 31×
- State v. SingletonSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1985-01-31· cited 30×
- State v. PowersSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1998-06-08· cited 25×
- State v. ArtherSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1986-10-20· cited 24×
- State v. WakefieldCourt of Appeals of South Carolina· 1996-06-17· cited 24×
- State v. PlemmonsSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1985-06-03· cited 23×
- State v. MatthewsSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1986-12-15· cited 23×
- State v. ScipioSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1984-10-12· cited 21×
- State v. FollinCourt of Appeals of South Carolina· 2002-10-28· cited 21×
- State v. KoonSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1985-04-03· cited 19×
- State v. HarrisonSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1989-06-05· cited 16×
Cites
14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- State v. LinderSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1981-05-14· cited 114×
- State v. AdamsSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1981-10-06· cited 90×
- State v. ThompsonSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1982-01-07· cited 68×
- State v. GoolsbySupreme Court of South Carolina· 1980-06-24· cited 49×
- State v. ButlerSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1982-02-22· cited 49×
- State v. HymanSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1981-07-22· cited 40×
- State v. FranklinSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1976-07-21· cited 40×
- State v. ClampSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1954-03-16· cited 31×
- Pearlie Simmons v. Sea-Land Services, Inc.Supreme Court· 1982-10-12· cited 28×
- Leverton v. WatersTennessee Supreme Court· 1869-09-15· cited 24×
- State v. BrooksSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1981-10-05· cited 23×
- State v. LawsonSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1983-07-20· cited 14×
- State v. KennedySupreme Court of South Carolina· 1978-12-28· cited 12×
- State v. LoganSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1982-01-04· cited 2×
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