Legal Opinion · Dissent

State v. Hester

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided October 4, 1926No. 12077Published

1DissentJustice Cothran

(dissenting) : In the opinion of Mr. Justice Blease it is proposed to reverse the judgment of the Circuit Court principally for the following reasons: (1) That the presiding Judge erred in allowing the testimony of Sheriff Rector as to declarations made by Claude Hester, reflecting upon the character of Jerry Hester and Charlie Hester, his father and brother, to remain in the evidence (2) that the presiding Judge erred in the admission of the testimony of the officers as to the conduct of the accused upon the respective occasions of the reading of the Floyd affidavit to them; (3) that the…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Bram v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
  2. Sparf v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
  3. Wilson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
  4. United States Ex Rel. Bilokumsky v. TodSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
  5. Ziang Sung Wan v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1924

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