State v. Clardy
South Carolina Supreme Court
73 S.C. 340 (1905)
Relevant factsFree
The source excerpt does not provide the underlying facts of the case. The appeal challenged jury instructions given at the defendant's (Clardy's) trial for murder and voluntary manslaughter. The trial judge instructed the jury that a person is presumed to have intended what he actually did, and that gross carelessness resulting in a killing supplies the criminal intent for voluntary manslaughter. Clardy challenged these instructions on appeal.
IssueFree
Whether every common law crime requires a criminal intent, such that gross carelessness resulting in a death can supply the intent element of voluntary manslaughter.