Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Assistant Attorney General John Walter Whitmire, both of Columbia, for Petitioner. Chief Appellate Defender Robert Michael Dudek, of Columbia, for Respondent.

The State appeals the granting of post-conviction relief to James Helms, arguing the post-conviction relief court erred in finding Helms received ineffective assistance of counsel when he pled guilty to a non-parole-eligible offense in reliance on information provided by his counsel that he would be eligible for parole after approximately eighteen months.

Deputy Appellate Defender Wanda H. Carter, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson, Assistant Attorney General Megan Elizabeth Harrigan, and Assistant Attorney General James Clayton Mitchell, III, all of Columbia, for Respondent.

In this post-conviction relief (PCR) action, Vondell Sanders contends the PCR court erred in finding trial counsel effective despite failing to move for a mistrial when the trial transcript only reflects responses from eleven jurors during polling. Sanders also argues that even if the missing juror was present during polling, her PCR hearing testimony shows the verdicts were not unanimous because she says she voted "not guilty."

Appellate Defender Benjamin John Tripp, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Assistant Attorney General Daniel Francis Gourley, II, both of Columbia, for Respondent.

In this post-conviction relief (PCR) action, Martina R. Putnam contends the PCR court erred in not finding her trial counsel ineffective for failing to adequately prepare her case and call witnesses to testify in her defense.

Rachel Atkin Hedley of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP, of Columbia, for Appellant. Chief Appellate Defender Robert Michael Dudek, of Columbia, for Appellant. Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Assistant Deputy Attorney General David A. Spencer, both of Columbia, for Respondent. Solicitor Scarlett Anne Wilson, of Charleston, for Respondent.

George White appeals his convictions for lewd act on a minor and second-degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor. White argues (1) the trial court erred in admitting into evidence a videotaped forensic interview of the minor, (2) South Carolina Code section 17-23-175 is unconstitutional as applied in this case, (3) the trial court erred in allowing the State to elicit a forensic interviewer's opinion about the minor's credibility, (4) the forensic interviewer's testimony was offered as improper character evidence, and (5) the trial court erred in denying White's motion for a directed verdict because the State failed to introduce evidence of all the elements of second-degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor.

Chief Appellate Defender Robert Michael Dudek, of Columbia, for Appellant. Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Assistant Attorney General Mark Reynolds Farthing, of Columbia, for Respondent. Solicitor Scarlett Anne Wilson, of Charleston, for Respondent.

Nathaniel Witherspoon appeals his convictions of criminal sexual conduct in the first degree and burglary in the first degree. He contends the trial court erred by instructing the jury the victim's testimony did not have to be corroborated. He also maintains because assault and battery in the first degree was a lesser included offense, the trial court erred in not instructing the jury on that offense.

Kenneth C. Anthony, Jr. and Kenneth Jay Anthony, both of The Anthony Law Firm, PA, of Spartanburg, for Appellants. Helen Faith Hiser of McAngus Goudelock & Courie, LLC, of Mount Pleasant, for Respondents. Stephanie Lamb Pugh of Turner Padget Graham & Laney, PA, of Greenville, for Respondents.

Boisha Wofford and Kaelyn Wofford appeal the Workers' Compensation Commission's order finding Brian Wofford was not acting within the course and scope of employment at the time of his death under an exception to the "going and coming rule."

Appellate Defender Kathrine Haggard Hudgins, of Columbia, for Appellant. Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Assistant Attorney General Jennifer Ellis Roberts, of Columbia, for Respondent. Solicitor William Benjamin Rogers, Jr., of Bennettsville, for Respondent.

Sammy Lee Scarborough appeals his conviction for two counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor involving two minors and three counts of dissemination of obscene material involving three minors. Scarborough contends the trial court (1) erred in not severing the seven original indictments against Scarborough, (2) erred in allowing a witness to testify regarding prior alleged abuse by Scarborough, (3) abused its discretion in not declaring a mistrial after one minor denied he was abused by Scarborough, and (4) erred in not directing a verdict on the three charges of dissemination of obscene material.

C. Mitchell Brown, William C. Wood, Jr., and Miles Edward Coleman, all of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP, of Columbia, for Appellant. Gary Ivan Finklea of Finklea Law Firm, of Florence, for Appellant. Jon Rene Josey and Jeffrey L. Payne, both of Turner Padget Graham & Laney, PA, of Florence, for Respondent. Robert E. Lee of Robert E. Lee, LLC, of Marion, for Respondent.

Eris Gail Smith (Smith) appeals the circuit court's order granting summary judgment to her sister, Judy Jones, in a dispute over the will of their deceased mother, Eris Singletary Smith (the Testator). On appeal, Smith argues (1) the circuit court prematurely granted summary judgment before the parties had a full and fair opportunity to complete discovery and (2) summary judgment was improper because there existed genuine issues of material fact regarding undue influence and fraudulent inducement in the execution of the Testator's purported will.

George Hamlin O'Kelley, III, of Buist Byars & Taylor, LLC, of Mt. Pleasant, for Appellants. G. Dana Sinkler of Gibbs & Holmes, of Wadmalaw Island, for Respondent.

George W. Sisson, 4.0 LLC, the Sisson Foundation Limited Partnership, and Sweetgrass Hardware, Inc. appeal the trial court's granting of an injunction to Stow Away Storage, LLC, arguing the trial court erred in allowing Stow Away to prevent Sweetgrass and its customers from using an easement across Stow Away's property.

Pamela R. Mullis of Mullis Law Firm, PA, of Columbia, for Appellant. Andrew F. Lindemann and Robert David Garfield, both of Davidson & Lindemann, PA, of Columbia, for Respondent.

Evalena Catoe, individually and as personal representative of her husband Richard's estate, appeals the circuit court's order granting summary judgment in favor of Sheriff Leon Lott, in his official capacity as Sheriff of Richland County in this negligence action.

Appellate Defender Kathrine Haggard Hudgins, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Assistant Attorney General Daniel Francis Gourley, II, of Columbia, for Respondent.

Petitioner Stephen Smalls appeals the post-conviction relief court's order denying relief and dismissing his application. Smalls argues the PCR court erred in refusing to find that trial counsel provided ineffective assistance for failing to object, failing to request a mistrial, and failing to properly preserve the trial court's refusal to allow cross examination of a State's witness regarding a dismissed carjacking charge.

Douglas H. Westbrook, of Charleston, for Appellants. Lake Eric Summers, of Malone Thompson Summers & Ott, LLC, of Columbia, for Respondent.

Appellants, several inmates participating in a prison industries service project operated by Respondent South Carolina Department of Corrections, seek review of an order of the South Carolina Administrative Law Court upholding the Department's dismissal of Appellants' Step 1 grievances. Appellants argue that their grievances challenging the rate at which the Department paid them for their labor was not subject to the fifteen-day filing deadline because these grievances concerned a policy or procedure rather than an "incident." Appellants also argue that even if the fifteen-day deadline applied to their grievances, the fifteen-day period did not begin to run until after the South Carolina Supreme Court issued the remittiturs for Adkins v. South Carolina Department of Corrections, 360 S.C. 413, 602 S.E.2d 51 (2004) and Wicker v. South Carolina Department of Corrections, 360 S.C. 421, 422, 602 S.E.2d 56, 56 (2004).

C. Daniel Vega of Chappell Smith & Arden, of Columbia, for Appellant. William Ashley Jordan, III, of Jordan Law Center, LLC, of Greenville. for Appellant. Johnnie W. Baxley, III, of Willson Jones Carter & Baxley, P.A., of Mount Pleasant, for Respondents.

In this workers' compensation action against Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and American Home Assurance, Paula Russell appeals, arguing the South Carolina Workers' Compensation Commission erred in (1) requiring a change of condition to be established by objective evidence; (2) ruling substantial evidence existed to deny a change of condition; and (3) finding Russell's statements were self-serving and conclusory.

Peter Demos Protopapas of Rikard & Protopapas, LLC, of Columbia, for Appellant. J. Calhoun Watson and Tina Marie Cundari, both of Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC, of Columbia, for Respondent.

Appellant Moore Taylor & Thomas, P.A. sued Marsha Banks and Respondent Mary Guynn, alleging that both Banks and Guynn breached duties owed to Appellant. Appellant claimed that Guynn, the closing attorney in a real estate transaction in which Appellant's former client was the seller, breached a duty to Appellant by refusing to recognize its interest in the sales proceeds. The trial court granted Guynn's motion to dismiss the claims against her, ruling Moore Taylor & Thomas could not recover against Guynn because (1) there was no attorney-client relationship between them and (2) Moore Taylor & Thomas alleged only an oral interest in the sales proceeds.

Thornwell F. Sowell, III, and John Michael Montgomery, both of Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC, of Columbia, for Appellant. Chief Appellate Defender Robert Michael Dudek, of Columbia, for Appellant. Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson, Assistant Deputy Attorney General David A. Spencer, and Assistant Attorney General Jared Quante Libet, all of Columbia, for Respondent. Solicitor David Matthew Stumbo, of Greenwood, for Respondent.

Richard Evans appeals his convictions of armed robbery, attempted murder, kidnapping, and grand larceny, arguing the trial court erred in (1) allowing testimony by law enforcement as to his nickname, and (2) admitting photographs of the victim's injuries.

Robert David Proffitt of Proffitt & Cox, LLP, of Columbia, for Appellant. Chief Appellate Defender Robert Michael Dudek, of Columbia, for Appellant. Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka, and Assistant Attorney General Kaycie Smith Timmons, all of Columbia, for Respondent. Solicitor Donald V. Myers, of Lexington, for Respondent.

Demetriss Glenn appeals from his convictions for murder, burglary in the first degree, and armed robbery, arguing the trial court erred in refusing to instruct the jury on involuntary manslaughter and defense of others and the right to act on appearances when the evidence showed he did not intend to participate in a robbery planned by others, was suddenly awakened while sleeping or passed out drunk in a car during a robbery by others, and was called inside a house to defend a friend who was being attacked.

Appellate Defender Susan Barber Hackett, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Karen Christine Ratigan, both of Columbia, for Respondent.

Jomer Hill appeals the denial of post-conviction relief (PCR), arguing the PCR court erred in declining to find appellate counsel was ineffective for failing to raise a directed verdict issue on appeal.

John S. Nichols of Bluestein Nichols Thompson & Delgado, LLC, of Columbia, for Appellants Mark Hammond and Larkin Hammond. Curtis Warren Stodghill of Stodghill Law Firm Chartered, of Greenville, for Appellants. Robert C. Wilson, Jr., of Greenville, for Respondent.

In this shareholder oppression action, appellants appeal the trial court's awards to the minority shareholder asserting the trial court erred in (1) finding an amalgamation of three corporate entities, but basing an award on their separate values, (2) finding the locus of the amalgamated business was Greenville, South Carolina, (3) awarding respondent a 7.2 percent interest in one of the corporate entities, (4) assigning a "zero" value to another of the corporate entities instead of a negative value, (5) finding respondent was oppressed by appellants, and (6) ordering payment to respondent for unpaid shareholder distributions because respondent did not seek such relief in his pleadings.

John Hughes Cooper of John Hughes Cooper, PC, of Mount Pleasant, for Appellant. Lisa Fisher, pro hac vice, of Mount Pleasant, for Appellant. Peter A. Kouten of Kouten Law Firm, LLC, of Johns Island, for Respondents. Warren W. Wills, III of Law Office of W. Westbrook Wills III, of Folly Beach, for Respondents Bessie Huckabee, Kay Passailaigue Slade, and Sandra Byrd.

In this civil matter, Betty Fisher appeals the circuit court's grant of summary judgment in favor of Bessie Huckabee, Kay Passailague, Sandra Byrd, and Peter Kouten (collectively "Respondents"). Fisher argues the court erred in granting summary judgment because (1) it erroneously held she lacked standing to bring a survival action against Respondents on behalf of her deceased aunt as a "real representative"; (2) South Carolina public policy supports giving her third-party standing; (3) she had standing based on equitable principles; (4) Kouten waived the issue of standing; (5) genuine issues of material fact existed as to her claims; (6) the court failed to rule upon the motion to disqualify Kouten as counsel for Huckabee, Slade, and Byrd; and (7) the court erred in considering counsel's arguments as factual contentions.

Harold Stewart James of Babb & Brown, PC, of Greenville, for Appellant. Brian A. Martin of Brian A. Martin, LLC, of Greer, for Appellant. M. Stokely Holder of Kenison Dudley & Crawford, LLC, of Greenville, for Respondent.

D&C Builders appeals the order of the trial court ordering it to submit to the court and opposing counsel a privilege log containing the specific information and knowledge it contends opposing counsel acquired through its prior representation of D&C Builders. D&C Builders contends the trial court erred (1) in ordering it to reveal confidential information to substantiate the disqualification of opposing counsel, (2) in refusing to grant an injunction preventing opposing counsel from accessing the confidential information D&C Builders was ordered to supply, and (3) in failing to disqualify opposing counsel.