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October 2007 |
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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, October 10, 2007 | |
Courtroom I
(Court convenes at 9:30
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9:30 a.m. | (Time Limits: 10 - 10 - 5 ) |
15366 The State, Respondent, v. Tim Wayne Arrowood, Appellant. Deputy Chief Attorney for Capital Appeals Robert M. Dudek, of South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense, for Appellant. Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, and Assistant Attorney General Julie M. Thames, of Columbia, and Solicitor Harold W. Gowdy, III, of Spartanburg, for Respondent. In this criminal case, the appellate court considers whether the circuit court erred by: (1) refusing to suppress Appellant's statement because allegedly the police in South Carolina agreed to drop the North Carolina charges; and (2) whether Appellant's statement to police was freely and voluntarily given under the totality of circumstances test where Appellant contends the statement was given because of a promise by police to "help him."
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10:15 a.m. | (Time Limits: 10 - 10 - 5 ) |
15369 The State, Respondent, v. Marshall Miller, Appellant. Deputy Chief Attorney for Capital Appeals Robert M. Dudek, of South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense, of Columbia, for Appellant. Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Chief of the State Grand Jury, Jennifer D. Evans, Assistant Attorney General of the State Grand Jury, DeWayne Pearson, of Columbia for Respondent. In this criminal case the Appellant posits the following issues: (1) whether Appellant's statements were the direct result of promises of leniency for his cooperation and thus inadmissible; (2) whether the State offered Appellant a plea bargain for his statements in cooperation; and (3) whether the court erred by refusing to enforce the alleged plea agreement.
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Thursday, October 11, 2007 | |
Courtroom I
(Court convenes at 9:30
a.m.)
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9:30 a.m. | (Time Limits: 10 - 10 - 5 ) |
15416 Jamar William McGriff, Employee, Respondent, v. Worsley Companies, Inc. d/b/a Scotchman Stores, Employer, and Crum & Forrester Insurance, Inc., Carrier, Appellants. Stephen L. Brown, Wallace G. Holland, and Russell G. Hines, of Charleston, for Appellants. Anthony E. Forsberg and Mark A. Mason, of Mt. Pleasant, for Respondent. In this workers' compensation case, the question is whether the injury arose out of and in the course of employment, even though the claimant, a convenience store clerk, was struck by a car in the road in front of the store.
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10:15 a.m. | (Time Limits: 10 - 10 - 5 ) |
15298 MCC Outdoor, LLC, d/b/a Fairway Outdoor Advertising, Appellant, v. South Carolina Department of Transportation, Respondent. William James Johnson, of Asheville, N.C., for Appellant. Barbara Munig Wessinger, of Columbia, for Respondent. Appellant appeals the denial of its motion for summary judgment and the following determinations of the administrative law court: (1) U.S. 176 was a controlled access freeway; (2) Appellant was not vested with the right to have its application for a SCDOT outdoor advertising permit judged by the applications's conformity with SCDOT's standards as of the date of filing; (3) The issuance of an outdoor advertising permit by SCDOT is not a ministerial act; and (4) Appellant's application for a SCDOT outdoor advertising permit may not have been filed in good faith.
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11:00 a.m. | (Time Limits: 10 - 10 - 5 ) |
15401 The State, Respondent, v. John Boyd Frazier, Appellant. Appellate Defender Katherine Hudgins, of South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense, of Columbia, for Appellant. Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka, of Office of the Attorney General, of Columbia, and Solicitor John Gregory Hembree, of Conway, for Respondent. The issues on appeal involve an alleged violation of the defendant's right to confront a witness against him and whether the trial court erred in denying motions for directed verdict on charges of murder and armed robbery.
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11:45 a.m. | (Time Limits: 10 - 10 - 5 ) |
15389 Cecil Brazell and Jackie Brazell, Appellants, v. Audrey B. Windsor, Respondent. Brian Dumas, of Columbia, for Appellants. J. Rutledge Young, Jr, Stephen L. Brown, and Matthew Kiel Mahoney, of Charleston, for Respondent. Was the alleged breach of contract involved in this case fundamental and substantial enough to defeat the purpose of the contract and entitle appellants to rescind the contract?
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12:30 p.m. | (Time Limits: 10 - 10 - 5 ) |
15286 The State, Respondent, v. David Swafford, Appellant. Appellate Defender Eleanor Duffy Cleary, of South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense, of Columbia, for Appellant. Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, Special Assistant Attorney General Shawn L. Reeves, of Office of the Attorney General, of Columbia, and Solicitor Robert M. Ariail, of Greenville, for Respondent. Swafford submits that the trial court committed reversible error by excluding evidence of third party guilt.
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Cases to be Submitted Without Oral Argument | |
14939 |
The State,Respondent, v. James Amos Simon,Appellant.
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14940 |
The State,Respondent, v. Monique L. McKinney,Appellant.
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14941 |
The State,Respondent, v. Steven A. Sabo,Appellant.
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14942 |
The State,Respondent, v. Dow Strickland,Appellant.
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14943 |
The State,Respondent, v. Johnny Lee Loynes,Appellant.
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14944 |
The State,Respondent, v. Steven Mack,Appellant.
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14945 |
The State,Respondent, v. Longeno Odinga Mack,Appellant.
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14946 |
The State,Respondent, v. Travis George Legg,Appellant.
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14947 |
The State,Respondent, v. James Leslie Rose, Jr.,Appellant.
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14952 |
The State,Respondent, v. Richard Michael Kordelski,Appellant.
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14954 |
The State,Respondent, v. Michael Douglas Cantrell,Appellant.
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14955 |
The State,Respondent, v. Lamick Kareem Edwards,Appellant.
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14958 |
The State,Respondent, v. Michael Andre Dukes,Appellant.
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14960 |
The State,Respondent, v. Sherry K. Bailey,Appellant.
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14961 |
The State,Respondent, v. John Copeland,Appellant.
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14963 |
The State,Respondent, v. Terri L. Hars,Appellant.
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14964 |
The State,Respondent, v. Jermaine Antonio Godard,Appellant.
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14972 |
The State,Respondent, v. Dwight Fitzgerald Sullivan,Appellant.
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14973 |
The State,Respondent, v. Deborah Ann Watkins,Appellant.
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14975 |
The State,Respondent, v. Albert Earl Taylor,Appellant.
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14976 |
The State,Respondent, v. Thomas Townsend,Appellant.
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14977 |
The State,Respondent, v. Antoine Christopher Smith,Appellant.
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14978 |
The State,Respondent, v. Tisha Louise McCollum,Appellant.
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14979 |
The State,Respondent, v. Justin Ashley Phillips,Appellant.
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14981 |
The State,Respondent, v. George Robinson,Appellant.
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14985 |
The State,Respondent, v. Timothy Jamal Steward,Appellant.
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14996 |
The State,Respondent, v. Michael W. Culley,Appellant.
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14997 |
The State,Respondent, v. Angelia Turner Hensley,Appellant.
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14999 |
The State,Respondent, v. Larry Joe Sullivan,Appellant.
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15011 |
The State,Respondent, v. Roy Roger Cook,Appellant.
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15012 |
The State,Respondent, v. Shaun Bradley Grubbs,Appellant.
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15013 |
The State,Respondent, v. Kaya C. Henderson,Appellant.
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15014 |
The State,Respondent, v. Jimmy Lee Ellison,Appellant.
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15015 |
The State,Respondent, v. Reggie Branson,Appellant.
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15016 |
The State,Respondent, v. Brian Keith Goff,Appellant.
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15017 |
The State,Respondent, v. Della Ann Frazier,Appellant.
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15019 |
The State,Respondent, v. David Augustus Goodson,Appellant.
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15020 |
The State,Respondent, v. Irving C. Krupinski,Appellant.
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15021 |
The State,Respondent, v. Paul Scott,Appellant.
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15022 |
The State,Respondent, v. Michael Allen Washington,Appellant.
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15024 |
The State,Respondent, v. James C. McKee, Jr.,Appellant.
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15026 |
The State,Respondent, v. Christopher Shane Phillips,Appellant.
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15027 |
The State,Respondent, v. Bobby Thompson,Appellant.
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15028 |
The State,Respondent, v. Betran Waring,Appellant.
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15030 |
The State,Respondent, v. Jonathan Devere Shell,Appellant.
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15031 |
The State,Respondent, v. Keith Moses,Appellant.
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15032 |
The State,Respondent, v. Robert Smalls,Appellant.
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15033 |
The State,Respondent, v. Josh West,Appellant.
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15035 |
The State,Respondent, v. Kareem Weaver,Appellant.
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15036 |
The State,Respondent, v. Devon Quinton Takuri,Appellant.
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15054 |
The State,Respondent, v. Joseph Dempsey,Appellant.
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15055 |
The State,Respondent, v. Tyrone Lydell Hillie,Appellant.
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15057 |
The State,Respondent, v. Mario Jarel Finklea,Appellant.
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15058 |
The State,Respondent, v. Ryan Everly Burris,Appellant.
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15059 |
The State,Respondent, v. Lawrence Crawford,Appellant.
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15061 |
The State,Respondent, v. Duane Henson,Appellant.
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15062 |
The State,Respondent, v. Tonie J. Hopkins,Appellant.
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15067 |
The State,Respondent, v. Hosea Chaplin, III,Appellant.
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15068 |
The State,Respondent, v. Donna Cannon,Appellant.
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15069 |
The State,Respondent, v. Sharon Jackson,Appellant.
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15070 |
The State,Respondent, v. Ronald Jacobs,Appellant.
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15071 |
The State,Respondent, v. Arthur Lee Pressley,Appellant.
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15074 |
In the Interest of Nathan S., A minor under the age of seventeen,Appellant.
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15075 |
The State,Respondent, v. Jarvoris Mungro,Appellant.
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15076 |
The State,Respondent, v. James T. Williams,Appellant.
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15077 |
The State,Respondent, v. Michael Watson,Appellant.
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15078 |
The State,Respondent, v. Leonard Richey,Appellant.
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15079 |
The State,Respondent, v. Therl Avery Taylor, Jr.,Appellant.
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15080 |
The State,Respondent, v. Robert Duncan McCall,Appellant.
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15081 |
The State,Respondent, v. David Perella,Appellant.
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15084 |
The State,Respondent, v. Matthew Snowden,Appellant.
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15085 |
The State,Respondent, v. Shawn Thomas,Appellant.
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15106 |
The State,Respondent, v. Bryant Johnson,Appellant.
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15108 |
The State,Respondent, v. Tyrone Fields,Appellant.
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15109 |
The State,Respondent, v. Kevin Hayes Kitt,Appellant.
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15110 |
The State,Respondent, v. Curtis Lee Patterson,Appellant.
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15255 |
Stephen Vaughn, Appellant, v. South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control and Beresford Creek Homeowners' Association, Respondents.
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15262 |
Dean E. Black, Respondent/Appellant, v. C. Raymond Black, Appellant/Respondent.
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15289 |
The State,Respondent, v. David Lewis Rush,Appellant.
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15292 |
Green Tree Servicing, LLC as successor in interest to Green Tree Financial Servicing Corp., Respondent, v. Tom Adams, Appellant.
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15304 |
Ann H. Hughes, Appellant, v. Oconee County, South Carolina, Ron H. Rabun, individually and Administrator of Oconee County, South Carolina; Bill Rinehart, Marion Lyles, H. Frank Ables, Steve Moore and Tommy Crumpton, as Duly Elected Council Members of Oconee County Council; Bill Rinehart, Marion Lyles and H. Frank Ables, individually; Kay Olbon, individually and as Human Resources Officer of Oconee County, South Carolina; and Sandra Smith, individually and as the Present Secretary/Administrative Assistant to the Administrator of Oconee County, South Carolina, Respondents.
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15314 |
The State,Respondent, v. Anthony Woods,Appellant.
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15315 |
The State,Respondent, v. Willie Michael Moore,Appellant.
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15317 |
The State,Respondent, v. Anthony Douglas,Appellant.
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15318 |
John A. Gore,Respondent, v. Beneficial Mortgage Co. Of South Carolina,Appellant
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15319 |
The National Bank of South Carolina, Plaintiff, v. Renaissance Enterprises, Inc., Malcolm M. Babb, Brenda R. Babb, Stanley V. Stearns, Gerald F. McCarthy, and the South Carolina Real Estate Commission, Defendants, Of Whom South Carolina Real Estate Commission is Respondent, v. Renaissance Enterprises, Inc., Malcolm M. Babb, Brenda R. Babb, Stanley V. Stearns, Gerald F. McCarthy, Cross Defendants, And Renaissance Enterprises, Inc., Malcolm M. Babb and Brenda R. Babb are Appellants,And of Whom Stanley V. Stearns, Gerald F. McCarthy are Respondents, v. Condo Services, Inc. f/k/a Renaissance Enterprises, Inc., Malcolm M. Babb and Brenda R. Babb, Appellants, And of Whom Renaissance Enterprises, Inc., Malcolm M. Babb and Brenda R. Babb, Appellants, v. The National Bank of South Carolina, Counter Defendant, Stanley V. Stearns and Gerald F. McCarthy, Respondents, And of Whom Renaissance Enterprises, Inc., Malcolm M. Babb and Brenda R. Babb, Appellants, v. Evelyn Joyce McCarthy, James Naylor, Thomas T. Sizemore, Charles H. Sowers, Keith L. Carroll, Robert L. McCluney, Lillian H. Rauch, Allen H. Morander d/b/a New South Realty, Anthony and Marie Dorsch, Fred Duncan, Andantex USA, Inc., T-Surt, Inc., the South Carolina Department of Revenue, and the South Carolina Budget and Control Board, Third Party Defendants, of whom Evelyn Joyce McCarthy, James Naylor, Thomas T. Sizemore, Charles H. Sowers, Keith L. Carroll, Robert L. McCluney, Lillian H. Rauch, Allen H. Morander d/b/a New South Realty, Anthony and Marie Dorsch, Fred Duncan, Andantex USA, Inc., T-Surt, Inc. are Respondents.
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15320 |
Alice Dawkins,Respondent, v. Steve Dawkins,Appellant.
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15321 |
Benjamin Brown, III, Respondent, v. Carl Brown, Dorothy Brown Pinckney, Sarah Brown Seabrooks, Ernestine Brown Robinson, Flossie Brown Mack, Heirs at Law and Distributees of Benjamin Brown, John Doe and Mary Roe, adults and Richard Roe and Jane Doe, infants, persons under disability or incompetence, if any including those persons who might be in the military and covered by the Soldiers and Sailors Civil Relief Act, being ficticious names designating any unknown heirs, devisees, distributees, issue, executors, administrators, successors, or assigns of the following deceased persons: Rachael Brown, Lottie Brown Shaffer, Sarah Brown, Benjamin Brown, Benjamin Brown, Jr., Mary Ann Brown, Lawrence Stanley, and all other persons known or claiming any right, title, estate in or lien upon the real estate described in the Complaint herein, Defendants, and Carl Brown amd Dorothy Brown Pinckney, Third Party Plaintiffs, v. James Mack, Jr. and Salem Baptist Church of Wadmalaw Island, an unincorporated association, Third Party Defendants,Of Whom Carl Brown is the Appellant.
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15325 |
The State,Respondent, v. Caniskey Horton,Appellant.
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15332 |
The State,Respondent, v. Jacob Lynch,Appellant.
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15334 |
Thomas C. McSwain, Respondent, v. Little Pee Dee Farms and Legion Insurance Company/South Carolina Property and Casualty Insurance Guaranty Association, Appellants.
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15336 |
Larry Brewer, Employee, Respondent, v. U.S. Foodservices, Employer, Ace American Ins. Co., Carrier, Appellants.
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15337 |
Commissioners of Public Works of the Town of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, Respondent, v. Joseph B. Foreman, Pressley T. Foreman, Mary Alice Foreman Jackson, Joseph Christopher Foreman, Jr., Louise Foreman Frasier, Yvonne V. Foreman, Carl F. Foreman, Michael J. Foreman, Jackie R. Foreman, Ulysses C. Foreman, and Sharon E. Foreman, Appellants.
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15339 |
Rodell Harris,Respondent, v. William L. Harris,Appellant.
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15349 |
Diane Shannon, Respondent, v. James McGee, Robert C. Hood, Sr., as Personal Representative of the Estate of Betty Hood and Robert C. Hood, Sr., d/b/a Hood's Used Cars, Defendants, of whom Robert C. Hood, Sr., d/b/a Hood's Used Cars is Appellant.
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15352 |
Ex Parte: Shawnee Holdings, LLC, Appellant. In Re: MidFirst Bank, Respondent, v. Ricky Ray Truitt a/k/a Ricky Truitt and Jackie Lee Truitt f/k/a Jackie Runyon, Respondents,
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15392 |
Frances Irene Todd,Appellant, v. Barbara C. Joyner,Respondent.
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15516 |
Mario Benson,Respondent v. State of South Carolina,Petitioner
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15517 |
South Carolina Department of Social Services, Respondent, v. David Staley, Eva Mae Staley, Dennis Saxton, and Celeste Gordon 05/09/92, Keyona Shade Staley 06/05/93, Defendants, of whom Eva Mae Staley is Appellant.
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15559 |
Mac Babb,Respondent, v. Katherine L. Noble, a/k/a Bonnie C. Noble,Appellant.
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15561 |
South Carolina Department of Social Services, Respondent, v. Charles H. Lance, III, a/k/a Charles Gibbs, Willett Reid Morant, a/k/a Willett Reid Morant Lloyd, Jack Lloyd, Anthony Jerome Timmons, Defendants, of whom Charles H. Lance, III, a/k/a Charles Gibbs is the Appellant. In the interest of: Anthony J. Timmons, Jr. 09/24/93, a minor under the age of 18.
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15562 |
South Carolina Department of Social Services, Respondent, v. Celeyse Baker and Thomas Baker, Appellants. In the Interest of: Ireanna Baker, DOB 04/23/05, A Minor Child Under the Age of 18.
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15564 |
Department of Social Services, Respondent, v. Tiffany Renee Smith, Shun Lamont Williams, Aaron Williams (a/k/a Boss Hogg Williams), Charles Foster, Elisha White, John Doe, Richard Roe, Steven Doe and the minor children under the age of eighteen (18) years; Yasmin Jaleel Smith, (born 10/07/1996), Timothy Quinton Dearious Suber (born 12/17/1998), Yakia Janae Foster (born 06/14/2000), Defendants, of whom Tiffany R. Smith is the Appellant.
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15587 |
Erika Wolfe and Rodney Wolfe, Appellants, v. Vanessa Lee Wolfe, Dusty Ray Splawn, and Emily Faith Splawn, a minor under the age of fourteen (14) years, Respondents.
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15588 |
South Carolina Department of Social Services, Respondent, v. Wanda McAlister and Greg McAlister, and Justin McAlister (09/11/1991), Brandon McAlister (02/09/1996), and Maria McAlister (04/14/1997) Defendants, of whom Wanda McAlister is the Appellant.
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