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State v. Tyson

Citations

  • 323 S.E.2d 770
  • 283 S.C. 375
  • 1984 S.C. LEXIS 375

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that the trial court properly refused to charge the jury on voluntary manslaughter because evidence of a struggle as the victim resisted an armed robbery showed that the victim was defending himself
  • affirming a trial judge’s denial of a speedy trial motion where there was no detriment other than the incarceration

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Judges: Gregory, Ness, Harwell, Chandler, Shaw

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