Legal Opinion

State v. Owens

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided July 14, 2008No. 26520PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Justice PLEICONES:

Appellant appeals his death sentence following a second resentencing proceeding. This opinion consolidates his appeal and the mandatory proportionality review. We affirm.

Appellant was convicted of murder, armed robbery, using a firearm during the commission of a violent crime, and conspiracy to commit armed robbery, and received a death sentence for murder, thirty years for armed robbery, and five years for each of the other two offenses. On his first appeal, the convictions were affirmed, but his death sentence reversed and his five year sentence for firearm possession…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  2. Ohio v. RobertsSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  3. Holmes v. South CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 2006
  4. State v. PittmanSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2007
  5. State v. OwensSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2001

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. State v. JenningsSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2011
  2. Freddie Owens v. Bryan StirlingCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2020
  3. State v. SheppardSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2011
  4. Mahdi v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2009
  5. Freddie Eugene Owens v. Bryan P. StirlingSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2024

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