Legal Opinion
State v. Singleton
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided March 9, 1972No. 19386PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Moss, Chief Justice:
George Singleton and Ernest Charles Jones, the appellants herein, were arrested on April 4, 1970 and charged with the offense of rape. Thereafter, at the 1971 March Term of the Court of General Sessions for Horry County, they were brought to trial and convicted, with a recommendation to mercy. Each of the appellants was sentenced pursuant to Section 16-72, of the Code.
At appropriate stages of the trial, the appellants made motions for a directed verdict on the ground that the State had failed to establish that they committed the offense of rape as charged in the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- United States v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Beck v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Gilbert v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Draper v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- State v. JordanSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1970
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3Cited by6 opinions
- State v. JonesSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1979
- State v. HammondSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1978
- State v. RogersSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1974
- State v. BellSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1974
- State v. DennisCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 1996
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