Legal Opinion
State v. Elmore
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided August 21, 1989No. 23064PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Chandler, Justice:
Edward Lee Elmore (Elmore) appeals his third death sentence for the January 16, 1982, murder of Dorothy Ed*132wards.1 This case consolidates his appeal with the sentence review mandated by S. C. Code Ann. § 16-3-25 (1985). We affirm.
ISSUES
1. Did the Solicitor exercise peremptory challenges to strike black jurors in violation of Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U. S. 79, 106 S. Ct. 1712, 90 L. Ed. (2d) 69 (1986)?
2. Did the trial court err in qualifying juror Johnson and in refusing to qualify juror Watkins?
3. Did the trial court err in refusing to replace juror Jones with the alternate…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Wainwright v. WittSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- State v. PlathSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1984
- State v. ElmoreSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1983
- State v. JonesSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1987
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3Cited by18 opinions
- State v. TuckerSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1996
- State v. ShulerSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2001
- Elmore v. OzmintCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2011
- State v. BellSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1991
- Riddle v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1994
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