Legal Opinion

State v. Wells

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided March 28, 1967No. 18624PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Bussey, Justice.

Appellants Wells and Jones were indicted, convicted and sentenced in General Sessions Court of Charleston County for the crime of conspiracy to commit abortion. There are several grounds of appeal, of which some are urged by both appellants,, while others are asserted by the appellants separately. They both contend that they were entitled to directed verdicts of not guilty for insufficiency of evidence, which contention will be dealt with first.

In passing upon this question, it is well settled that the evidence, and inferences which reasonably can be drawn therefrom, must be…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. People v. BuffumCalifornia Supreme Court · 1953
  2. State v. MayfieldSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1959
  3. Snyder AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1960
  4. State v. ClampSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1954
  5. State v. HightowerSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1952

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. State v. SullivanSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1981
  2. State v. PierceSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1974
  3. State v. JordanSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1970
  4. Suiero v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1971
  5. State v. HunterSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1995

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