Legal Opinion
State v. Holmes
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided November 27, 1995No. 24351PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Chandler, Acting Associate Justice:
Appellant was convicted of murder and sentenced to death. Review of appellant’s direct appeal has been consolidated with the sentence review mandated by S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-25 (1985). We affirm.
FACTS
The victim in this case, Mary Stewart, was eighty-six years old when she was brutally beaten, sodomized, and robbed on the morning of December 31, 1989. She suffered severe trauma to her head and massive damage to her brain. Within several hours after the assault, she became comatose. Despite efforts to save her, Stewart lapsed into a vegetative state and…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Delaware v. Van ArsdallSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- State v. TorrenceSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1991
- State v. BaileySupreme Court of South Carolina · 1989
- State v. GreenSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1990
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Holmes v. South CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 2006
- State v. CouncilSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1999
- State v. BlackSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2012
- State v. KellySupreme Court of South Carolina · 1998
- State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1999
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