Legal Opinion
State v. Middleton
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided January 26, 1946No. 15796PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Acting Associate Justice A. L. Gaston
delivered the unanimous Opinion of the Court.
Arthur Middleton, a young Negro 21 years of age, was tried in the Court of General Sessions for Charleston County on the charge of assault with intent to ravish, and was found guilty by the Jury with recommendation to mercy and was sentenced by Honorable Shepard K. Nash, Special Presiding Judge, to serve a term of 25 years. The indictment also contained a second count charging the defendant with assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, which is .a lesser offense and was an alternative count.
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2Cases cited13 opinions
- Smith v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Akins v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Rogers v. PeckSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
- Breedlove v. SuttlesSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Franklin v. South CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
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3Cited by17 opinions
- State v. GaskinsSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1985
- State v. SteadmanSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1950
- State v. HillSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1970
- State v. BullockSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1959
- State v. LivingstonSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1958
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