Legal Opinion
State v. Hughey
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided March 27, 2000No. 25096PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TOAL, Justice:
John Kennedy Hughey (“Hughey”) seeks a reversal of his conviction and death sentence for the murders of Tesheka Lanyra Jackson (“Jackson”) and Luevinia H. Harris (“Harris”). We affirm.
Factual/Procedural Background
On December 4, 1995, Hughey forcibly entered Harris’s house and had an altercation with his former girlfriend, Jackson. While Hughey and Jackson were arguing, Harris was on the phone with her son, Marcus Harris, from Oklahoma City. Harris told her son to call the police because Hughey had a gun, so he immediately called 911. Harris also called the Abbeville City Police…
2Cases cited41 opinions
- Payne v. TennesseeSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Cupp v. NaughtenSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- State v. AlexanderSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1991
- State v. GreenSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1990
- State v. TuckerSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1996
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3Cited by49 opinions
- State v. ShulerSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2001
- State v. BurkhartSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2002
- State v. KnotenSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2001
- State v. WiseSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2004
- State v. AdkinsCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 2003
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