Legal Opinion
State v. Haselden
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided February 18, 2003No. 25595PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Justice WALLER:
Appellant, Jeffrey Haselden, was convicted of the murder of his two-year old son, Joshua. 1 The jury found the aggravating circumstances that the murder was committed while in the commission of physical torture, and that the murder was of a child under eleven years of age; it recommended a sentence of death. We affirm the murder conviction, but reverse and remand for a new sentencing proceeding.
FACTS
Shortly after midnight on Thursday, May 13, 1999, Haselden’s girlfriend, Rebecca Tindall, called 9-1-1 in Lexington County to report that she had found two-year old Joshua Haselden…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Simmons v. South CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- Kelly v. South CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
- Shafer v. South CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 2001
- State v. SchumpertSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1993
- State v. TuckerSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1996
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3Cited by28 opinions
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- State v. MartucciCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 2008
- State v. PaganCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 2004
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