Legal Opinion
State v. Dingle
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided July 28, 1983No. 21966PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Littlejohn, Justice:
Appellant Bernie J. E. Dingle (Appellant) was tried, convicted, and sentenced to life for the murder of his estranged wife. He has appealed, alleging several errors on the part of the trial court. We affirm.
The dead body of Appellant’s wife was found in her nurses’ dormitory quarters in Greenwood on October 8,1981. She had apparently been dead since the previous day as the result of four gunshot wounds inflicted by a .22 caliber weapon.
The Appellant was arrested and charged with murder on October 12,1981. Pursuant to an ex parte order of the court, he was committed to the…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Coolidge v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- State v. LinderSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1981
- State v. WilliamsOhio Supreme Court · 1978
- State v. JonesSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1979
- State v. NorrisSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1969
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Horton v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- State v. GeorgeSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1996
- Hooper v. RockwellSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1999
- State v. KimbrellSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1987
- State v. PlemmonsSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1985
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