State v. FIELDS

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided May 14, 1963

Supreme Court of South Carolina · decided 1963-05-14

Relies on Edwards v. South Carolina · Fields v. South Carolina · The STATE v. Fields

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Decided 1963-05-14

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Cited by 6 later decisions — most recently July 2005

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PER CURIAM.

¶1 The mandate of the United States Supreme Court in this case, 372 U. S. 522, 83 S. Ct. 887, vacated the judgment of this Court and further provided “that this cause be remanded to the Supreme Court of the State of South Carolina for consideration in light of Edwards v. South Carolina, 372 U. S. 229, 83 S. Ct. 680, 9 L. Ed. (2d) 697.”

¶2 Pursuant thereto, we have considered this cause in the light of Edwards v. South Carolina and adhere to and affirm the judgment of this Court 240 S. C. 366, 126 S. E. (2d) 6, for the reasons stated in our opinion in State v. Brown, 240 S. C. 357, 126 S. E. (2d) 1.