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Court of Appeals - Roster of Cases for Hearing

   

The summary below each case is prepared to offer lawyers and the public a general overview of what issues are included in a case which will be argued. The summary is not a limit on what issues a party to a case may present at oral argument.

Wednesday, August 12, 2015
Courtroom I
 11:00 a.m. (Time Limits: 10-10-5)  
2014-001489    South Carolina Department of Social Services, Respondent, v. Sonia Stennett and David Robinson, and Carlton Valentine Defendants, Of whom David Robinson is the Appellant. In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen.

Alex R. Stalvey, of Bannister, Wyatt & Stalvey, LLC, of Greenville, for Appellant. Deborah Murdock Gentry of Murdock Law Firm, LLC, of Mauldin, for Respondent. Rosemerry Felder-Commander, of Greenville, for Respondent. Don J. Stevenson of Don J. Stevenson, Attorney at Law, of Greenville, for Guardian Ad Litem.

David Robinson (Father) appeals the family court's intervention order, which (1) found he sexually abused his minor daughter (Child), (2) adopted a treatment plan proposed by the South Carolina Department of Social Services (DSS), (3) ordered Father to be entered in DSS's Central Registry of Child Abuse and Neglect, and (4) prohibited Father from having any further contact with Child. On appeal, Father argues the evidence presented at the hearing did not establish by a preponderance of the evidence that he sexually abused Child.
Cases to be Submitted Without Oral Argument
2014-001298    The State, Respondent, v. James Gregory Younger, Appellant.
2012-213403    The State, Respondent, v. Sebastian James Hepburn, Appellant.
2014-001231    The State, Respondent, v. Henry Oliver Nesbit, Jr., Appellant.
2014-000084    Richard Hough, Appellant, v. Angela Hough, Respondent.
2014-002074    The State, Respondent, v. Michael Douglas Camp, Appellant.
2014-000140    Bank of America, N.A., Respondent, v. Duce Staley, Felicia Woods a/k/a Felicia B. Woods, SCBT, N.A., South Carolina Department of Revenue, Palmetto Health, Manheim Automotive Financial Services, Inc., and Spring Valley Homeowners' Association, Defendants, And Willie Zimmerman, Third-Party Participant, Appellant.
2014-000627    The State, Respondent, v. John Bryan Martin, Appellant.
2013-001948    The State, Respondent, v. Lanell Goodwine, Appellant.
2013-002526    The State, Respondent, v. Charles Green, Jr., Appellant.
2014-000313    The State, Respondent, v. Lenard Brightman, Appellant.
2014-002384    GrandSouth Bank, Appellant, v. Cleveland Land Company, Inc., Walter C. Robinson and Albert E. Fitzgerald, Defendants, Of whom Walter C. Robinson is the Respondent.
2014-001629    South Carolina Department of Social Services, Respondent, v. Kimberly Bolin and Angela Gibson, Defendants. Of Whom Kimberly Bolin is the Appellant, In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen.
2014-000293    The State, Respondent, v. Christopher W. Brown, Appellant.
2013-002618    The State, Respondent, v. Ernest Eugene Williams, Jr., Appellant.
2014-000620    The State, Respondent, v. Joseph Mack, Jr., Appellant.
2014-002481    The State, Respondent, v. Lamont Quadre Dewberry, Appellant.
2013-000895    The State, Respondent, v. Steven Lee Morgan, Appellant.
2014-002068    Stephen A. Beckham, 236548, Appellant, v. South Carolina Department of Corrections, Respondent.
2014-001539    The State, Respondent, v. Benjamin Lavon Smalls, Appellant.
2013-001976    The State, Appellant, v. Marcus Greene, Respondent.
2013-001915    The State, Respondent, v. Shawn Willam Sharpe, Appellant.
2009-146387    The State, Respondent, v. Michael Edward Hockaday, Appellant.
2012-212602    Oscar James Fortune, Petitioner, v. State of South Carolina, Respondent.
2011-196666    The State, Respondent, v. Andre Decosta, Appellant.
2014-000574    The State, Respondent, v. Michael Paul Dixon, Appellant.
2014-000626    Jonathan Teal and Stacie Teal, Appellants, v. Mary Elizabeth Hickman-Tedder, Allstate Property & Casualty Insurance Company, Government Employees Insurance Company and Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, Respondents.
2014-000945    The State, Respondent, v. Joseph Anthony Drachslin, Sr., Appellant.
2013-002642    The State, Respondent, v. Laborse Macon, Appellant.
2014-000959    The State, Respondent, v. Malcolm Brabham, Appellant.
2014-001559    Melanie Sosebee, Respondent, v. Ernest Jeffrey Sosebee, Appellant.
2014-001158    The State, Respondent, v. Elder Prescott Leach, Appellant.
2014-001742    Bernard Loyer, Jr., and Sherry Loyer, Respondents, v. S17 Owners Association, Inc.; John L. Avent; Frances Avent; Sylvia S. Berger; Robert J. Berning; Jeanne M. Clavel; Greg Connell; Gerald Crawford; Bruce C. Douglas; Jonathan D. Dunn; Les Galazka; Michael V. Goransky; Frank L. Gougher; David E. Harris; Cathryn A. Knight; John H. Lacher; Kyle R. Larson; Laura Linn; Roger McCoig; Charles Wilmont Miller; Michael O'Brien; Carolyn M. Rischbieter; William Satcher and Belinda Smith-Sullivan, Defendants, Of Whom S17 Owners Association, Inc.; John L. Avent; Frances Avent; Sylvia S. Berger; Greg Connell; Jonathan D. Dunn; Michael V. Goransky; Frank L. Gougher; David E. Harris; Cathryn A. Knight; John H. Lacher; Kyle R. Larson; Michael O'Brien; Carolyn M. Rischbieter; and Belinda Smith-Sullivan are Appellants, And Charles Wilmot Miller is a Respondent.