Legal Opinion
State v. Chasteen
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided August 24, 1955No. 17059PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Oxner, Justice.
Upon an indictment charging him with the murder of Roy Wiggins on November 5, 1953, appellant was tried at the June, 1954, term of the Court of General Sessions of McCormick County. He was found guilty and sentenced to death by electrocution.
By the first two exceptions appellant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the verdict. This question was timely raised in the Court below by a motion for a directed verdict and for a new trial.
The deceased and his family lived near Easley, South Carolina. His wife, Rose Wiggins^ worked in the weave room of the Glenwood…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- State v. KingSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1930
- State v. GardnerSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1951
- State v. HariottSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1947
- Kirk v. Territory of OklahomaSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1900
- State v. JudgeSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1946
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Culombe v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- State v. BRITTSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1959
- State v. RobinsonSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1961
- State v. StromanSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1984
- State v. JonesSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1989
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