Introducing ATLASLearn more
Legal Opinion

State v. Hicks

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided December 13, 1971No. 19332PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Littlejohn, Justice.

On Sunday, May 11, 1969, the home of Woodrow Boyd in York County was burglarized in the nighttime. He was robbed and shot with a pistol and died from the wound inflicted. Robert James Pitts, Albert Hinson, and Clifford Jackson Hicks were charged with the crimes.

Robert James Pitts was indicted, in three separate indictments, with the crimes of murder, armed robbery and burglary. The charges were consolidated for trial and he was convicted during the first week of a two week term of Court of General Sessions for York County in April 1970. That conviction was appealed and…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. United States v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  3. State v. AtkinsonSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1970
  4. State v. SowellSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1910
  5. State v. AndersonSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1969

10 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.

3Cited by21 opinions

  1. State v. BaileySupreme Court of South Carolina · 1989
  2. White v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1974
  3. Gilbert v. MooreCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1998
  4. State v. YatesSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1982
  5. State v. LeonardSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1987

16 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.

Showing a preview — retrieve the full document via the Exa API.

View API DocsGet API Key

Powered by the Exa API