Legal Opinion
State v. James
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided February 2, 1971No. 19161PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Moss, Chief Justice.
Emily Johnston James, the appellant herein, was convicted at the 1969 September Term of the Court of General Sessions for Pickens County, under an indictment containing two counts, charging that on December 25, 1968, and January 2, 1969, she did administer to or cause to be taken by Clyde E. James, her husband, arsenic poison with intent to kill him, in violation of Section 16-56 of the 1962 Code of Laws.
It is the contention of the State that the appellant put arsenic poison in the food or coffee of her husband at a family Christmas dinner on the evening of December 25,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- State v. MatousekSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1970
- Depfer v. WalkerSupreme Court of Florida · 1935
- Cooper Corporation v. JeffcoatSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1950
- Stack v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1934
3Cited by6 opinions
- State v. MitchellSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1985
- Kurynka v. Tamarac Hosp. Corp., Inc.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1989
- Melendez-Diaz v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
- State v. FlynnNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1985
- Melendez-Diaz v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
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