# State v. Adams

> Supreme Court of South Carolina · October 6, 1981 · 277 S.C. 115

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9584020

## Case

- **Full name:** The STATE, Respondent, v. Sylvester Lewis ADAMS, Appellant
- **Court:** Supreme Court of South Carolina
- **Decided:** October 6, 1981
- **Citations:** 277 S.C. 115; 283 S.E.2d 582; 1981 S.C. LEXIS 497
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Lewis
- **Judges:** Gregory, Harwell, Lewis, Littlejohn, Ness
- **Cited by:** 66 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

- **Red flag:** Overruled on other grounds by State v. Torrence, 305 S.C. 45 (1991).
- Negative treatments: 1
- Distinguished by: 0
- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9584020

## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

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- holding whether death penalty should be imposed is an ultimate issue reserved for jury’s determination

## Opinion text

Lewis, Chief Justice
(concurring):
I concur in the result of the majority opinion, but disagree with the holding as to the sufficiency of the indictment for housebreaking, for the reasons set forth in my dissent in State v. Brooks, S. C., ... S. E. (2d) . . ., filed October 5, 1981.

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