Legal Opinion
State v. Sapp
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided October 24, 2005No. 26051PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Justice WALLER:
Appellant, Jessie Waylon Sapp, was convicted of the murder of a South Carolina Highway Patrolman in Berkeley County and was sentenced to death. 1 We affirm.
FACTS
At approximately 2:30 a.m., on July 7, 2002, four state highway patrolmen were conducting a driver’s license checkpoint in Berkeley County. A pick-up truck with a female driver and male passenger approached the checkpoint and were stopped by Patrolman Patrick Sigwald. When Sigwald noticed alcohol containers in the back of the truck, he instructed the driver, Kathryn Boles, to pull over to the right shoulder of the road.…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Wainwright v. WittSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- State v. TorrenceSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1991
- Childs v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1987
- State v. GentrySupreme Court of South Carolina · 2005
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3Cited by13 opinions
- State v. EvinsSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2007
- State v. StankoSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2013
- State v. EvansSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2006
- State v. WoodsSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2009
- State v. LindseySupreme Court of South Carolina · 2007
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