Legal Opinion
State v. Bell
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided August 24, 1987No. 22773PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Ness, Chief Justice:
Appellant was convicted of murder and kidnapping arising out of the death of Sharon Faye “Shari” Smith. He was sentenced to death upon recommendation of a jury. This appeal combines his direct appeal and our mandatory review of his death sentence pursuant to S. C. Code Ann. § 16-3-25 (1985). We affirm the conviction and sentence.
On May 31, 1985, 17-year-old Shari Smith was abducted from the driveway of her Lexington County home. On June 3rd, while Shari was still missing, her family received the first of a series of anonymous telephone calls from the abductor. In the first…
2Cases cited36 opinions
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Illinois v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Dusky v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Woodson v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Drope v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by38 opinions
- Larry Gene Bell v. Parker Evatt, Commissioner, South Carolina Department of Corrections T. Travis Medlock, Attorney General, State of South CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1995
- State v. BellSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1990
- State v. ShulerSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2001
- State v. DavisSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1992
- Justice v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1989
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