Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 1/22/1996
State v. Townsend
Citations
- 467 S.E.2d 138
- 321 S.C. 55
- 1996 S.C. App. LEXIS 4
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding hearsay is defined as an out of court statement offered to prove the truth of the matter asserted
- “Where the hearsay is merely cumulative to other evidence, its admission is harmless.”
- While evidence of the corpus delicti in a particular case must be established by the best proof attainable, direct evidence is not essential. The corpus delicti may be sufficiently proved by presumptive or circumstantial evidence when that is the best obtainable.
- finding the gesture of pointing to be an assertion
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Judges: Connor, Howell, Shaw
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14 cases in this archive cite this case.
- State v. EllisonArizona Supreme Court· 2006-08-09· cited 257×
- State v. OsborneSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1999-05-03· cited 31×
- State v. RussellCourt of Appeals of South Carolina· 2001-04-30· cited 22×
- State v. ColoradoDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida· 2004-12-29· cited 11×
- State v. OsborneCourt of Appeals of South Carolina· 1996-02-20· cited 9×
- City of Easley v. PortmanCourt of Appeals of South Carolina· 1997-07-21· cited 8×
- State v. ParvinCourt of Appeals of South Carolina· 2014-07-30· cited 6×
- State v. McCombsCourt of Appeals of South Carolina· 1999-03-15· cited 5×
- State v. AbrahamCourt of Appeals of South Carolina· 2014-06-11· cited 4×
- State v. LoweryCourt of Appeals of South Carolina· 1998-07-06· cited 3×
- State v. WashingtonCourt of Appeals of South Carolina· 2005-10-17· cited 2×
- State v. RoachCourt of Appeals of South Carolina· 2005-04-18· cited 2×
- State v. SmithCourt of Appeals of South Carolina· 1997-11-03· cited 2×
- Anderson v. StateCourt of Appeals of South Carolina· 2024-02-21
Cites
7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- State v. SheppardSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1966-11-01· cited 20×
- State v. WhiteCourt of Appeals of South Carolina· 1993-03-22· cited 20×
- State v. TealSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1954-07-15· cited 17×
- State v. SpeightsSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1974-08-29· cited 16×
- Brown v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1992-03-16· cited 16×
- State v. WilliamsCourt of Appeals of South Carolina· 1985-03-12· cited 7×
- State v. GilliamSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1978-03-07· cited 6×
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