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Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2/8/2010

State v. Williams

Citations

  • 690 S.E.2d 62
  • 386 S.C. 503
  • 2010 S.C. LEXIS 21

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Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • stating \we . . . caution trial judges against using the following language: 'with the hope that you can arrive at a verdict'\
  • finding the trial court committed no error in capital murder proceeding in not declaring a mistrial and giving an Allen charge after jury revealed it was divided nine to three in favor of death sentence
  • finding the trial court committed no error in capital murder proceeding in not declaring a mistrial and giving an Allen charge after jury revealed it was divided nine to three in favor of death sentence
  • finding Allen charge was proper where trial judge was aware of the jury's numerical division but did not direct his Allen charge to the three minority jurors despite his knowledge of the jury's numerical split
  • finding the trial court committed no error in capital murder proceeding in not declaring a mistrial and giving an Allen charge after jury revealed it was divided nine to three in favor of death sentence
  • cautioning trial judges against using the language \with the hope that you can arrive at a verdict\ because the language could potentially be construed as coercive as jurors are not required to reach a verdict after expressing they are deadlocked

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Judges: Toal, Waller, Beatty, Kittredge, Pleicones

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