Legal Opinion
State v. Middleton
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided January 30, 1951No. 16458PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Oxner, Justice.
Appellant killed Leroy Brown about noon on February 16, 1950. She was tried at the May term of the Court of General Sessions for Orangeburg County and found guilty of manslaughter. A motion for a new trial was overruled and appellant was sentenced to imprisonment for a term of three years.
The first question for determination is whether the Court below erred in refusing a motion for a directed verdict of not guilty.
Appellant and her husband lived in a small three room house near the corporate limits of the City of Orangeburg. The deceased lived only a few blocks away. Just prior…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Burton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
- Brasfield v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
3Cited by12 opinions
- State v. ElmoreSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1983
- State v. TuckerSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1995
- Tucker v. CatoeCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2000
- State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2010
- Tucker v. CatoeSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2001
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