C. Dixon Lee, II, and James T. McLaren, both of McLaren & Lee, of Columbia; and Lon H. Shull, of Mt. Pleasant, for appellant. Robert N. Rosen, of Rosen, Rosen & Hagood, of Charleston, for respondent.

This family court case involves alleged error in regard to the following issues: (1) credit card debt; (2) adverse tax consequences in awarding the marital house; (3) amount of alimony; and (4) award of attorney’s fees and costs.

Thomas L. Bruce, of Greenville, for appellant. Robert D. Moseley, Jr., of Leatherwood, Walker, Todd & Mann, of Greenville, for respondent.

In this case, the family court terminated mother’s parental rights after finding termination was in the child’s best interest and on the grounds of failure to support, failure to visit, failure to rehabilitate, abandonment, inability to parent due to a diagnosable condition, and the child’s stay in foster care for fifteen of the last twenty-two months. Mother appeals each ground and argues termination is not in the child’s best interest.

Chief Attorney Daniel T. Stacey, of SC Office of Appellate Defense, of Columbia, for appellant. Attorney General Charles M. Condon, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh and Assistant Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka; and Solicitor Warren Blair Giese, all of Columbia, for respondent.

This criminal appeal alleges error in the trial judge’s denying appellant’s motion for directed verdict, admitting evidence of a prior armed robbery conviction to impeach, and evidence of third party guilt.

Thomas F. McDow, of Rock Hill, for appellant. Attorney General Charles M. Condon, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Charles H. Richardson and Assistant Attorney General Melody J. Brown, all of Columbia; and Solicitor Thomas E. Pope, of York, for respondent.

Rogers appeals his conviction for malicious injury to property stemming from an incident in which he used a forklift to remove a pickup truck that was deterring him from removing his equipment from a construction site. Rogers argues he did not have the requisite intent to commit the crime, that he should have been allowed to assert false arrest and false imprisonment as defenses, that his closing argument should not have been limited to twenty minutes, and that his submitted voir dire questions should have been used during the voir dire of the jury pool.

Assistant Appellate Defender Robert M. Dudek, of SC Office of Appellate Defense, of Columbia, for appellant. Attorney General Charles M. Condon, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka and Assistant Attorney General Derrick K. McFarland, all of Columbia; and Solicitor Barbara R. Morgan, of Aiken, for respondent.

In this criminal action, Appellant was convicted of murder and appeals the trial court's: 1) exclusion of an expert's testimony regarding the battered woman's syndrome, and 2) refusal to instruct the jury on voluntary manslaughter.

Michael McKinney Jordan, of Sumter; and Michael P. O'Connell, of Charleston, for appellant. Attorney General Charles M. Condon, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Charles H. Richardson and Senior Assistant Attorney General Norman Mark Rapoport, all of Columbia; and Solicitor Cecil Kelley Jackson, of Sumter, for respondent.

This criminal appeal contends the trial court erred in admitting into evidence blood tests performed by the hospital and SLED.

Katherine Carruth Link, of Columbia, for appellant. Attorney General Charles M. Condon, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Charles H. Richardson Assistant and Attorney General W. Rutledge Martin; and Solicitor Warren Blair Giese, all of Columbia, for respondent.

White appeals his conviction for criminal sexual conduct and kidnapping, arguing the jury should have been allowed to consider finding him guilty of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature and simple assault and battery because he claims they are lesser included offenses. White also argues the trial court erroneously admitted expert testimony on post-traumatic stress disorder and sexual abuse.

Raymond William Godwin, of Greenville, for appellants. Robert K. Whitney, of Seneca, for respondents.

In this TPR case, error is alleged in regard to the following rulings by the family court judge: (1) failure to consider the statutory law applicable to TPR; (2) error in finding that Mother willfully failed to visit; (3) error in finding that Mother willfully failed to pay child support; (4) error in strictly construing the TPR statute; and (5) error in not considering the best interests of the minor children.

Charles E. Carpenter, Jr., and S. Elizabeth Brosnan, both of Richardson, Plowden, Carpenter & Robinson, of Columbia; Stephen Paul Bucher; and Robin B. Lilley, both of Charleston, for appellants. Ronnie Alan Sabb, of Kingstree; Ladson Fishburne Howell, Jr.; and Richard G. Wern, both of N. Charleston, for respondent.

This case involves the question of whether the trial court erred in failing to grant Defendant’s motion for a directed verdict and JNOV when Plaintiff failed to prove that Defendant breached a duty owed to Plaintiff or that any action by Defendant caused Plaintiff’s injuries.

Elizabeth Fielding Pringle, of Columbia, for appellant. Attorney General Charles M. Condon, Deputy Attorney General Treva Ashworth, Assistant Attorney General Deborah R.J. Shupe and Assistant Attorney General Steven G. Heckler, all of Columbia, for the State of South Carolina.

Kennedy appeals the trial court’s determination that he is a sexually violent predator.

Chalmers Carey Johnson, of Charleston, for appellant. George C. James, Jr., of Lee, Erter, Wilson, James, Holler & Smith, of Sumter, for respondent.

In this wrongful termination case, the trial judge granted the Town of Bishopville’s motion for summary judgment. In his appeal, Rouse argues the trial judge should have recused himself from the case. Rouse also asserts that a genuine issue of material fact exists as to whether the Town complied with the provisions in its employee manual.

Michael B.T. Wilkes, Edward R. Cole, and D. Alan Lazenby, all of Ward Law Firm, of Spartanburg, for appellants. Henry L. Parr, Jr., and Troy A. Tessier, both of Wyche, Burgess, Freeman & Parham, of Greenville, for respondent.

In this action for breach of an oral contract, Appellants challenge the grant of summary judgment to Milliken & Company.

V. Clark Price and Amy G. Richmond, both of Love, Thornton, Arnold & Thomason, of Greenville; and Wade S. Weatherford, III, of Gaffney, for appellant. Daniel L. Draisen, of Krause & Moorhead, of Anderson, for respondents.

The appeal involves the issue of whether a contract for placement of coin-operated amusement machines became enforceable again after the South Carolina Supreme Court’s ruling voided an ordinance banning payouts from such machines.

Assistant Appellate Defender Robert M. Dudek, of SC Office of Appellate Defense, of Columbia, for appellant. Attorney General Charles M. Condon, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh and Assistant Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka, all of Columbia; and Solicitor Robert M. Ariail, of Greenville, for respondent.

The defendant appeals the admission of his fourteen-year-old juvenile adjudication for burglary and grand larceny and his sentence of life imprisonment.

John P. Freeman, of Columbia; and Claron A. Robertson, III, and R. Patrick Flynn, both of Robertson & Hollingsworth, of Charleston, for appellants. W.H. Bundy, Jr., and Richard D. Bybee, both of Smith, Bundy, Bybee & Barnett, of Mt. Pleasant; G. Trenholm Walker and Clayton B. McCullough, both of Pratt-Thomas, Epting & Walker, of Charleston; Jerry N. Theos and Arthur G. Howe, both of Uricchio, Howe, Krell, Jacobson, Toporek, Theos & Keith, of Charleston; and J. Douglas Nunn, Jr., of Camden, for respondents.

In this appeal from the grant of summary judgment, Appellants argue the trial court erred in finding they had failed to establish the essential elements of a contract.

Chief Attorney Daniel T. Stacey, of SC Office of Appellate Defense, of Columbia, for appellant. Attorney General Charles M. Condon, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka and Assistant Attorney General Derrick K. McFarland, all of Columbia; and Solicitor Walter M. Bailey, Jr., of Summerville, for respondent.

Jackson appeals his conviction of armed robbery, kidnapping, carjacking, murder, and contempt of court, claiming the trial judge erred in denying Jackson’s motion to recuse himself due to his former employment as Chief Deputy Solicitor.

Robert C. Wilson, Jr., of Greenville, for appellant. John William Ray, of Greenville, for respondent.

This appeal involves the issue of whether the trial court erred in granting summary judgment on the appellant’s counterclaims for libel, negligence, breach of contract accompanied by a fraudulent act, and conversion.

Deputy Chief Attorney Joseph L. Savitz, III, of SC Office of Appellate Defense, of Columbia, for appellant. Attorney General Charles M. Condon, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh and Assistant Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka, all of Columbia; and Solicitor Donald V. Myers, of Lexington, for respondent.

Gregory appeals his conviction for murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a violent crime. He argues the trial court erred in allowing the arresting officer to testify that Gregory never stated the shooting was accidental, as such evidence violates the constitutional privilege against self-incrimination.

L. Gray Geddie, Jr., Phillip A. Kilgore and Michael M. Shetterly, all of Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, of Greenville, for appellant. Thomas L. Stephenson and William R. McKibbon, III, both of Nexsen, Pruet, Jacobs & Pollard; and J. Theodore Gentry, of Wyche, Burgess, Freeman & Parham, all of Greenville, for respondents.

In this contract case, the main issue is whether or not the appellant, James Callaway, is due an additional equity share in ChanneLinx, Inc., pursuant to a consulting agreement between Callaway and Enterprise Computer Systems, Inc.

Sandra J. Senn; Warren V. Ganjehsani and Gerald M. Finkel, both of Finkel & Altman, all of Charleston, for appellants. John G. Frampton, of Summerville, for respondents.

Appellants, all law enforcement officers in Dorchester County, sought a declaratory judgment that Dorchester County was estopped from revoking an ordinance which approved certain salary increases for the sheriff’s department. They contend Respondents did not follow accepted procedures in revoking the salary increases and they should be deemed effective until the date the ordinance was properly amended. Appellants appeal from the trial court’s order ruling in favor of Respondents and dismissing their complaint.