South Carolina v. Cottrell
| Docket Number | 27754 |
| Decision Date | 20 December 2017 |
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16 cases
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Moore v. Stirling
...sentence as proportional where the defendant kidnapped and killed the daughter of his ex-wife's boyfriend); State v. Cottrell , 421 S.C. 622, 646, 809 S.E.2d 423, 436 (2017) (finding a death sentence proportional where the defendant murdered a police officer). Admittedly, these cases are ou......
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State v. Brooks
...will not reverse a trial court's decision regarding a jury instruction unless there is an abuse of discretion. State v. Cottrell , 421 S.C. 622, 643, 809 S.E.2d 423, 435 (2017). Likewise, "[t]he admission of evidence is within the circuit court's discretion and will not be reversed on appea......
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Vanover v. State
...the evidence would lead to a "trial within a trial" that might confuse the issues and mislead the jury. State v. Cottrell , 421 S.C. 622, 641, 809 S.E.2d 423, 434 (2017). The variance in witness testimony and the lack of a first-hand account make it far from clear the testimony would be adm......
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State v. Cox
...the jury, or by considerations of undue delay, waste of time, or needless presentation of cumulative evidence."); Cottrell, 421 S.C. at 640, 809 S.E.2d at 433 ("The decision whether to admit evidence under 403] is . . . left to the sound discretion of the trial judge, and the decision will ......
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§ 1-19 Implied Malice—use of Deadly Weapon—permissive Inference
...powerful testimony that he raised his hands to show he was unarmed and this capitulation had no effect on Appellant." ? State v. Cottrell, 421 S.C. 622, 809 S.E.2d 423 (2017) ("This Court's landmark decision in State v. Belcher departed from the then-common practice of charging the jury tha......