Legal Opinion
State v. Copeland
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided March 25, 1996No. 24402PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Burnett, Justice:
Angela Copeland appeals her convictions and sentences for murder (life imprisonment), armed robbery (ten years consecutive imprisonment), and possession of a weapon during a violent crime (five years concurrent imprisonment). We affirm.
FACTS
At approximately 8:30 pm on March 22,1991, police officers found the body of Floyd Davis (Victim) lying along a roadside in Sumter County. The deceased Victim had been shot in the heart at close range. Although twelve dollars in change was found on the Victim, wallets normally carried by the Victim were not found at the crime scene.
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2Cases cited13 opinions
- Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Darden v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- State v. TorrenceSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1991
- State v. LinderSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1981
- State v. EdwardsSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1989
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3Cited by48 opinions
- State v. WestonSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2006
- State v. WigginsSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1998
- State v. HamiltonCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 2001
- State v. BrazellSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1997
- State v. PichardoCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 2005
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