Legal Opinion
State v. Shaw
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided May 28, 1979No. 20973PublishedCited by 89 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Gregory, Justice:
Appellants Joseph Carl Shaw and James Terry Roach pled guilty to the murders of Thomas Taylor and Carlotta Hartness and each was sentenced to death. The case is before this Court on direct appeal and for mandatory review of the death sentences.
This is the first capital case reviewed under our current death penalty statutes, Section 16-3-20 through Section 16-3-28, 1976 Code of Laws of South Carolina, Cum. Supp. 1978.
FACTUAL SETTING
Shaw, Roach, and Ronald Eugene Mahaffey spent the morning of Saturday, October 29, 1977, “shooting up” with drugs and drinking beer. At…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Lockett v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Jurek v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Proffitt v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by89 opinions
- State v. BlackTennessee Supreme Court · 1991
- Tichnell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1980
- State v. CopelandSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1982
- State v. LinderSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1981
- Joseph Carl Shaw v. Joseph R. Martin, Warden, Central Correctional Institution, and Hon. Daniel R. McLeod Attorney General for South CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1984
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