William R. McKibbon, III, and John D. Watts, of Greenville, for Appellant. James Howarth Ritchie, Jr., and Scott F. Talley, of Spartanburg, for Respondents.

Plaintiff, Paul Keller, appeals from the grant of a directed verdict concerning his several causes of action emanating from the failure of respondents to transfer corporate stock to him, and the corporation's failure to pay him for services rendered by him to the corporation. He claims the trial court erred in granting the directed verdict because the facts were controverted and, moreover, the court excluded admissible evidence.

Sherwood M. Cleveland, of Columbia, for Appellant. Jack M. Scoville, Jr., of Georgetown, for Respondents.

Margaret R. Hiott appeals from the master-in-equity's decision in which the master held Gerald and Elizabeth Kelly did not breach the Agreement of Sale and Purchase of Hiott's house becuase Hiott failed to deliver marketable title to the property.

Jack B. Swerling, of Columbia, for Appellant. Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, Senior Assistant Attorney General Norman Mark Rapoport, of Columbia, and Solicitor Ralph E. Hoisington, of Charleston, for Respondent.

Derrin Delesline appeals his convictions for distribution of crack cocaine and distribution of crack cocaine in proximity of a school. He argues the trial judge lacked subject matter jurisdiction because the indictments failed to allege the requisite mental state of knowledge. He also argues the trial court erred in admitting a tape recording of the drug transaction.

Assistant Appellate Defender Eleanor Duffy Cleary, of Columbia, for Appellant. Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, Assistant Attorney General Deborah R. J. Shupe, of Columbia, and Solicitor Warren Blair Giese, of Columbia, for Respondent.

Questions whether the allegations of a juvenile petition were sufficient to vest the family court with subject matter jurisdiction to accept guilty pleas.

Donald E. Jonas, of Columbia, for Appellants. W. Thomas Lavender, Jr. and Leon C. Harmon, of Columbia, for Respondent.

Lana and Oree Dinkins brought this action asserting negligence, negligence per se, assault and battery, and loss of consortium as a result of Lana Dinkins's ingestion of groundwater allegedlly contaminated by leakage from underground storage tanks. The trial court granted Winnsboro Petroleum's motion for summary judgment on all claims, and the Dinkins appeal arguing the court erred in finding, among other things, that Winnsboro Petroleum had no duty to the Dinkins and that the statute of limitations had run.

John Benjamin Aplin, of Columbia, for Appellant. Assistant Appellate Defender Tara S. Taggart, of Columbia, for Respondent.

Elijah Byrd pled guilty to felony DUI causing great bodily injury and was sentenced to fifteen years, suspended upon service of time served and five years probation. As a special condition of probation, Byrd was ordered to pay restitution to the attorneys of the victims. The Department of Probation, Parole, and Pardon appeals challenging the court's authority to (1) order restitution payments to anyone other than the Department and (2) waive the statutory twenty percent collection fee.

Karl Bryant Allen, of Greenville, and Max Thomas Hyde, Jr., of Spartanburg, for Appellant-Respondent. R. Hawthorne Barrett, of Columbia, for Respondent-Appellant.

Asks if the trial court erred in applying the finding of comparative negligence of the plaintiff in one cause of action to a jury verdict in a separate cause of action, and in declining to rule favorably on other post-trial motions.

Michael S. Seekings, of Charleston, for Appellant. Armand Derfner, Samuel H. Altman, and D. Peters Wilborn, Jr., of Charleston, for Respondent.

In this appeal from an arbitrator's award on a claim of unjust enrichment, the question is whether the claim is barred by the statute of limitations.

Joe Mooneyham, of Greenville, for Appellant. John L. B. Kehl and Mason A. Goldsmith, of Greenville; James Timothy White, and P. Jay Pontrelli, of Atlanta, GA, for Respondent Fidelity National Bank. Donald R. Moorhead, of Greenville, for Respondent Andrew P. Leventis.

Cowburn filed suit against Leventis and Fidelity National Bank alleging various causes of action, including fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, negligence, unfair trade practices, and violation of South Carolina securities laws. These allegations arise from the "Cash 4 Title" pyramid operation in which Leventis solicited funds from investors, including Cowburn, and assisted investors in opening self-directed individual retirement accounts with Fidelity National Bank to facilitate the transfer of investment funds to Cash 4 Title entities. The trial judge granted summary judgment on all causes of action in favor of Leventis and Fidelity National Bank.

Kenneth C. Porter, of Greenville, for Appellant. Kathryn Walsh Gooch, of Simpsonville, for Respondent.

Sandra Crotts (Wife) appeals the family court's decision to grant Gary L. Crotts (Husband) a divorce on the ground of adultery. She also argues the court erred when it found her claim for alimony barred, effected an improper equitable distribution of the marital estate, failed to award attorney fees, admitted Husband's private investigator's report into evidence, and excluded the testimony of her physician.

H. Fred Kuhn, Jr., of Beaufort, for Appellant. James Arthur Brown, Jr., of Beaufort, for Respondent.

Debbie Holmes Strother appeals from a verdict in favor of Albert Clay on a claim for malicious prosecution. Strother contends the trial court erred in (1) denying her motions for a directed verdict or a JNOV, and (2) denying her request to cross-examine Clay regarding a prior offense.

Michael Dennis McMullen and David I. Bruck, of Columbia, for Appellant. Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, Assistant Attorney General Deborah R. J. Shupe, of Columbia, and Solicitor Warren Blair Giese, of Columbia, for Respondent.

Medeiros appeals his conviction for possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, arguing his affirmative answer to the police question "Have you ever sold baggies of marijuana?" was prejudically admitted at trial in violation of State v. Lyle, 125 S.C. 406, 119 S.E. 803 (1923) and Rule 404(b), SCRE.

Assistant Appellate Defender Robert M. Dudek, of Columbia, for Appellant. Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka, and Assistant Attorney General S. Creighton Waters, of Columbia, and Solicitor Druanne Dykes White, of Anderson, for Respondent.

Cowan appeals from his conviction for murder and possession of a weapon asserting the trial judge erred in permitting the State to cross-examine him about who he thought was the "real shooter," arguing it was impermissible burden shifting. Cowan also argues the judge erred in permitting hearsay testimony by an officer regarding statements from eyewitnesses.

Gene McCain Connell, Jr., of Surfside Beach, for Appellant. Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, Assistant Attorney General David A. Spencer, of Columbia, and Solicitor John Gregory Hembree, of Conway, for Respondent.

In this criminal appeal, the appellant alleges the trial court erred in: (1) not following the appropriate procedure in allowing the victim to identify the defendant in court; (2) allowing the enlarged photo of Richard Carlson to be admitted into evidence; (3) not re-reading all testimony of the victim as requested by the jury; (4) improperly communicating with jurors while deliberations were ongoing; (5) allowing the solicitor's office to engage in an improper closing argument; (6) failing to find a Brady v. Maryland violation; (7) allowing cross-examination of Heather Wilson through a written statement; and (8) telling appellant Carlson any criminal conviction would be admissible if he took the stand.

Paul A. Dominick and Christopher A. Ogiba, of Charleston, for Appellants. John S. Wilkerson, III, and R. Hawthorne Barrett, of Columbia, for Respondents.

Individual homeowners within the Dockside Horizontal Property Regime brought an action against the Dockside Association and individual past directors for negligence and gross negligence for the failure to maintain, upkeep, and repair Dockside Structures and the failure to sufficiently manage the financial affairs of the regime. The homeowners appeal the circuit court's grant of summary judgment to the individual directors and the grant of summary judgment to the Association upon reconsideration, arguing: (1) the court misinterpreted the South Carolina Nonprofit Corporations Act; (2) the business judgment rule does not apply to associations; and (3) summary judgment was improper because the homeowners did not have a full and fair opportunity to complete discovery.

James S. Chandler, Jr., and Amy Elizabeth Armstrong, of Pawleys Island, for Appellant. Leslie West Stidham, of Charleston, for Respondent SCDHEC/OCRM. Kenneth Krawcheck, of Charleston, for Respondent Wild Dunes Community Association.

Smiley appeals from a circuit court order affirming an Administrative Law Judge's order that found Smiley lacked standing to contest a permit that authorizes the excavation and transport of sand on the Isle of Palms.

Andrew F. Lindemann and William H. Davidson, II, of Columbia, for Appellant. John E. Parker and Ronnie L. Crosby, of Hampton, for Respondents.

The Department of Agriculture appeals the special referee's award of damages to respondents from the Warehouse Receipts Guaranty Fund, arguing: (1) the matter should have proceeded pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act; (2) the matter was an appeal from an administrative decision; (3) the respondents failed to prove a loss; (4) the referee misapplied the law concerning the fund; (5) the referee erred in awarding prejudgment interest; and (6) the referee erred in awarding attorney's fees.

Pope D. Johnson, III, of Columbia, for Appellant. Robert M. Cook, II, of Batesberg-Leeseville, and Terry Michael Mauldin, of Columbia, for Respondent.

In this Worker's Compensation case, the Appellant contends the circuit court erred in holding that the Appellant insurance carrier was not entitled to reimbursement from the Second Injury Fund for compensation payments made by the Appellant insurance carrier for the total loss of the claimant's right leg.

The following two cases will be heard jointly:

Assistant Appellate Defender Robert M. Dudek, of Columbia, for Appellant. Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka, Assistant Attorney General S. Creighton Waters, and Solicitor Warren Blair Giese, of Columbia, for Respondent.

In this criminal appeal, the appellate entity analyzes and considers the efficacy of Crawford v. Washington as juxtaposed to an excited utterance statement. Additionally, the appellant challenges the refusal of the circuit court judge to instruct the jury on mere association and mere suspicion. Finally, the appellant contends the trial judge erred in refusing to allow a witness to testify that a third party confessed to her that he shot the decedent.

Assistant Appellate Defender Robert M. Dudek, of Columbia, for Appellant. Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka, Assistant Attorney General S. Creighton Waters, and Solicitor Warren Blair Giese, of Columbia, for Respondent.

In this criminal appeal, the appellate entity analyzes and considers the efficacy of Crawford v. Washington as juxtaposed to an excited utterance statement. Additionally, the appellant challenges the refusal of the circuit court judge to instruct the jury on mere association and mere suspicion. Finally, the appellant contends the trial judge erred in refusing to allow a witness to testify that a third party confessed to her that he shot the decedent.