Supreme Court of South Carolina· 8/21/1995

State v. Tucker

Citations

462 S.E.2d 263
319 S.C. 425
1995 S.C. LEXIS 146

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holding when defendant failed to object to a jury charge, issue is not preserved for consideration on appeal
holding the admission of identification evidence is in the discretion of the trial judge and will not be reversed absent an abuse of discretion or prejudicial legal error
mentioning a party cannot argue one ground below and then argue another ground on appeal
appellate court will not reverse the trial judge’s decision to admit or exclude evidence unless the trial judge abused his discretion and petitioner demonstrates prejudice
where appellant did not object to victim impact evidence as excessive and unrestricted at trial, the argument was not preserved for review
The admission of evidence is within the trial court’s discretion and absent an abuse of this discretion, will not be reversed by this Court.

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Judges: Burnett, Finney, Moore, Toal, Waller

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