Legal Opinion

State v. Pickens

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided January 22, 1996No. 24365PublishedCited by 33 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Moore, Justice:

Appellant appeals his convictions of two counts of voluntary-manslaughter and two counts of use of a pistol during the commission of a violent crime. We reverse and remand.

FACTS

Appellant and co-defendant, Willie Douglas, were involved in a shooting incident outside of the Waffle House in Florence. Many of the people at the Waffle House had been at a local bar called “Visions” earlier that evening. There was some testimony appellant and Douglas had been involved in a disagree ment with the victims at Visions. When appellant and Douglas arrived at the Waffle House, a crowd began…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Arizona v. FulminanteSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  2. Doyle v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. United States v. HastingSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  4. State v. SmithSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1994
  5. State v. LowrySupreme Court of South Carolina · 1993

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3Cited by33 opinions

  1. State v. BaccusSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2006
  2. State v. TuckerSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1996
  3. Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1997
  4. State v. BurrissSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1999
  5. State v. PrimusSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2002

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