Wertz v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• “When a verdict is so confused ... that it is not absolutely clear what the jury intended to do, the safest and best course for the court to pursue is to order a new trial.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

2 cases in this archive cite this case.

• United States v. Jones
  D. South Carolina· 2015-07-14
• Roberts v. State
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2014-04-23

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Strickland v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
• State v. Alexander
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1991-02-04· cited 119×
• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1997-01-27· cited 82×
• Brown v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2000-03-06· cited 18×
• State v. Wilson
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1931-10-30· cited 18×
• State v. McCaskill
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 1996-03-04· cited 10×
• State v. Smith
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1882-10-25· cited 2×