Legal Opinion
State v. Truesdale
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided March 12, 1990No. 23171PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Chandler, Justice:
Appellant Louis Joe Truesdale, Jr., (Truesdale) was resentenced to death for the murder of Rebecca Ann Eudy. Upon consolidation of his appeal with the review mandated by S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-25 (1985), we affirm.
PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
At the September, 1980, term of the Lancaster County Court of General Sessions, Truesdale was indicted for murder, criminal sexual conduct in the first degree, and kidnapping. He later entered a plea of guilty and was sentenced to death upon the recommendation of a jury. On appeal, this Court vacated the guilty pleas and remanded for a new…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Skipper v. South CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Commonwealth v. ZettlemoyerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
- People v. LewisIllinois Supreme Court · 1981
- Payne v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1987
- Walker v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1985
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Truesdale v. MooreCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1998
- State v. GeorgeSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1996
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- State v. LongworthSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1993
- State v. ShaferSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2000
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