Whitesides v. Barber
Citations
- 22 S.C. 47
- 1884 S.C. LEXIS 5
Syllabus
<p>In action for recovery of an interest in land, the jury found a verdict for the interest claimed and also for plaintiff’s proportion of the net amount of rents and profits received by the defendant, -which were stated in the verdict; the Circuit judge then passed an order directing the cause to be transferred to Calendar 2, that the plaintiff have leave to apply for judgment thereon, and that defendant have leave to set up any proper equities, and for this purpose may perfect his pleadings by amendment or otherwise. From this order defendant appealed. Held, that there being nothing but a verdict and an administrative order in the case, this court could not entertain the appeal.</p>
How courts have described this case
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- holding that the prosecutor permissibly referred to a hypothetical which the prosecutor used in voir dire, where the reference in summation was “a means of explaining that the jury should give little weight to [the defendant’s disadvantaged] background”
- holding that the prosecutor permissibly referred to a hypothetical which the prosecutor used in voir dire, where the reference in summation was \a means of explaining that the jury should give little weight to {the defendant's disadvantaged] background\
- prosecutor may legitimately refer to nature and circumstances to explain why aggravation outweighs mitigation
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Judges: McGowan
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