Legal Opinion

State v. Hill

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided July 9, 2014No. Appellate Case No. 2011-199807; No. 27411PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Pleicones

Bruce Hill (Appellant) challenges two evidentiary rulings by the circuit court and argues that his rights under the Interstate Agreement on Detainers Act (IAD) were violated. We affirm.

FACTS

Appellant was convicted of two murders and first-degree burglary, arising from a home invasion and double homicide in Horry County on the night of April 11, 2005. He received concurrent life sentences for the murders and a concurrent thirty-year sentence for the burglary.

Prior to Appellant’s trial, another individual, Richard Gag-non, was tried and convicted of these murders. During Gag-non’s trial, the…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Schmerber v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Reed v. FarleySupreme Court of the United States · 1994
  3. State v. CouncilSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1999
  4. State v. GasterSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2002
  5. State v. AdamsCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 2003

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. State v. PattersonCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 2019
  2. State of Maine v. Christopher ShepardSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2022
  3. State v. ChavezNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 2021
  4. State v. BarnesCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 2020

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