Legal Opinion

State v. Lyle

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided August 23, 1923No. 11289PublishedCited by 250 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Marion.

The defendant was convicted May, 1922, of uttering, January 12, 1922, a forged check upon the Farmers’ & Merchants’ Bank of Aiken, S. C. From the sentence imposed he, has appealed upon 79 exceptions.

The defense was an alibi, and, broadly stated, the sole issue of fact in the Court below was whether the defendant was the identical person who uttered the forged check. Since the exceptions are almost wholly directed to assignment of error in the admission and exclusion of evidence, a somewhat extended review of the evidentiary facts is…

2Cases cited41 opinions

  1. People v. . MolineuxNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
  2. Boyd v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
  3. People v. JenningsIllinois Supreme Court · 1911
  4. Leeper v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
  5. State v. HydeSupreme Court of Missouri · 1911

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3Cited by250 opinions

  1. State v. McClainSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1954
  2. State v. ReeseSupreme Court of Missouri · 1954
  3. State v. SladekSupreme Court of Missouri · 1992
  4. State v. WilsonSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2001
  5. State v. PaganSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2006

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