Legal Opinion

State v. Wiley

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided February 17, 1917No. 9628PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Before Rice, J., Union, April, 1916. George Wiley was convicted of manslaughter, and he appeals from the judgment of conviction and from refusal of his motion for new trial.

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. JusticU Watts.

The defendant, George Wiley, was tried for murder at the February term of Court, 1915, before Judge Smith and a jury, and found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to serve a sentence of eight years at hard labor. Later a motion for a new trial was made before Judge Rice on the grounds of after-discovered evidence. This motion was refused and appeal taken to this Court, the first being on exceptions made from the charge of Judge Smith, and the other from the order of Judge Rice refusing the motion for a new trial on after-discovered…

2Cited by8 opinions

  1. Neil W. Ashe v. United States of America, (Two Cases)Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1961
  2. State v. PittmanSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1926
  3. State v. HawkinsSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1922
  4. Furze v. WrightCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1935
  5. State v. HawkinsSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1922

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