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."

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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.