Legal Opinion

State v. South

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided June 4, 1985No. 22339PublishedCited by 44 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] [EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] Heard May 6, 1985.

Decided June 4, 1985.

Appellant Robert W. South was convicted of the murder of West Columbia Police Officer Daniel Cogburn and sentenced to death. His direct appeal and mandatory review [S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-25 (1984)] have been consolidated for purposes of this opinion.

Appellant raises numerous allegations of…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. State v. LyleSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1923
  2. Grigsby v. MabryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1985
  3. State v. CopelandSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1982
  4. Burns v. ClaytonSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1960
  5. Keeten v. GarrisonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1984

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3Cited by44 opinions

  1. Frye v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1986
  2. People v. DrakeSupreme Court of Colorado · 1988
  3. State v. GreenSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1990
  4. State v. TuckerSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1996
  5. State v. AlekseySupreme Court of South Carolina · 2000

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