Legal Opinion

State v. Jennings

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided September 19, 2011No. 27043PublishedCited by 62 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Pleicones

Appellant was convicted of two counts of committing a lewd act upon a minor and was sentenced to fifty-five months’ imprisonment for the first charge and fifteen years, suspended upon the service of fifty months and three years’ probation for *476the second charge, with the sentences to run consecutively. Appellant appeals his convictions, arguing the trial court erred in allowing the State to introduce the written reports of a forensic interviewer. We reverse.

FACTS

Appellant was a neighbor of the three minor alleged victims (“oldest child,” “middle child,” and “youngest child”), aged eleven,…

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2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Clark v. CantrellSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2000
  2. State v. GasterSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2002
  3. State v. BlackburnSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1978
  4. State v. DawkinsSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1989
  5. Smith v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2010

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3Cited by62 opinions

  1. State v. KromahSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2013
  2. State v. BlackSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2012
  3. State v. ChavisSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2015
  4. State v. WhitnerSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2012
  5. State v. BrownSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2012

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