Wade v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• holding the cardinal rule of statutory construction is to determine and give effect to the intent of the legislature
• “However, a court must reject a statute’s interpretation leading to absurd results not intended by the Legislature.”
• \[A] court must reject a statute's interpretation leading to absurd results not intended by the Legislature.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Dingle
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2008-02-27· cited 19×
• In Re the Care & Treatment of Manigo
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2010-06-02· cited 19×
• Council v. Catoe
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2004-06-01· cited 14×
• State v. Leopard
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2002-04-15· cited 9×
• Hiott v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2009-03-16· cited 4×
• Regions Bank v. Strawn
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2012-08-22· cited 4×
• PALMETTO CO. v. McMahon
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2011-08-31· cited 3×
• Sutton v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2004-12-13· cited 2×
• Hiott v. State
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2007-10-11· cited 1×
• Sims v. Gregory
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2010-01-28
• Creswick v. University of South Carolina
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2021-08-17
• Antoinet Moore v. Green's Grocery
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2026-06-10

Cites

22 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Anders v. California
  Supreme Court· 1967-05-08· cited 87,848×
• United States v. Christopher Simmonds
  Tenth Circuit· 1997-04-14· cited 395×
• Hodges v. Rainey
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2000-06-12· cited 371×
• Edwardo Reyes v. John P. Keane, Superintendent, Sing Sing Correctional Facility
  Second Circuit· 1996-07-29· cited 175×
• Ex Parte Tom Tong
  Supreme Court· 1883-05-07· cited 168×
• Al-Shabazz v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2000-02-14· cited 168×
• Martin v. United States
  Seventh Circuit· 1996-09-04· cited 149×
• Ernesto Santana v. United States of America, Ernesto Santana
  Third Circuit· 1996-11-14· cited 114×
• Roy Bruce Smith v. Ronald Angelone, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections
  Fourth Circuit· 1997-04-24· cited 87×
• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1988-01-25· cited 80×
• Charleston County School District v. State Budget & Control Board
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1993-07-19· cited 73×
• Aice v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1991-09-09· cited 71×
• Anderson v. Singletary
  Eleventh Circuit· 1997-04-18· cited 70×
• Ray Bell Construction Co. v. School District
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1998-05-18· cited 49×
• United States v. Ortiz, Lionel
  D.C. Circuit· 1998-02-24· cited 43×
• United States v. Ralph Cole
  Fifth Circuit· 1996-12-09· cited 39×
• Nucor Steel v. South Carolina Public Service Commission
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1992-12-14· cited 21×
• Jackson v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1997-07-28· cited 16×
• City of Columbia v. Niagara Fire Insurance
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1967-05-08· cited 13×
• Whitehead v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1992-12-14· cited 12×