Legal Opinion

State v. Foote

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided July 16, 1900PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Before Gary, J., Abbeville, Indictment against Thomas Foote for murder. From verdict of manslaughter and sentence, defendant appeals. The former cites: As to expert evidence: 20 S. C., 452; 38 S. C., 188.

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Jones.

The appellant, under an indictment for the murder of James Walker, was convicted of manslaughter, and now seeks to reverse the judgment imposed, upon exceptions to the admission of certain testimony, to the charge to the jury, and to the refusal of the motion for a new trial.

The first three exceptions relate to the admission of the testimony of Dr. B. M. Carlton, who gave his opinion as a medical expert a's to the cause of the deceased’s death. It appears that in an altercation between the parties, on Sunday, May 29, 1898, the…

2Cited by14 opinions

  1. Hall v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1928
  2. State v. . HightowerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1924
  3. State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1974
  4. State v. MoorerSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1963
  5. State v. FranksSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1964

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