Acting Chief Attorney Joseph L. Savitz, III, of Columbia, for Appellant. Attorney General Henry D. McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka, Assistant Attorney General S. Creighton Waters, all of Columbia, and Solicitor Cecil Kelley Jackson, of Sumter, for Respondent.

The appellant was convicted of murder and sentenced to thirty years imprisonment. The core issue is the efficacy of Rule 613(b), SCRE, and Rule 801(d)(1), SCRE, as applied by the trial judge in refusing to allow extrinsic evidence to impeach a police officer on whether he had an "agreement" with a non-testifying individual.

Assistant Appellate Defender Robert M. Dudek, of Columbia, for Appellant. Attorney General Henry D. McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, and Special Assistant Attorney General Amie L. Clifford, all of Columbia, and Solicitor Druanne Dykes White, of Anderson, for Respondent.

In this criminal appeal, the court analyzes whether the circuit court judge erred in allowng evidence of an "incident" involving appellant in Greenville County that occurred one to two hours prior to acts for which he was charged in Anderson County.

Jeffrey Falkner Wilkes, of Greenville, for Appellant. Attorney General Henry D. McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, Assistant Attorney General Deborah R. J. Shupe, all of Columbia,and Solicitor Robert M. Ariail, of Greenville, for Respondent.

In this criminal appeal, the appellant contends the circuit court erred in failing to grant a directed verdict because of a failure of the State to comply with the provisions of S.C. Code Ann. Section 56-5-2953 requiring videotaping from the activation of the blue lights through arrest.

David A. Wilson, of Greenville, for Appellant. William G. Rhoden, of Gaffney, for Respondent.

The issues in this family court appeal include alimony; the identification, valuation and division of marital property; and attorney's fees.

Assistant Appellate Defender Aileen P. Clare, of Columbia, for Appellant. Attorney General Henry D. McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Norman Mark Rapoport, all of Columbia, and Solicitor Ralph E. Hoisington, of Charleston, for Respondent.

In this criminal appeal, the court reviews whether the trial judge erred by allowing the State to introduce evidence that appellant was arrested for criminal domestic violence against his wife in October 2001, when appellant was being tried for breaking into the home where his wife was living and assaulting her and others on December 11, 2001.

Thomas M. Neal, III, of Columbia, for Appellant. James C. Cothran, Jr., of Spartanburg, for Respondent. Michael Todd Thigpen, of Spartanburg, Guardian Ad Litem.

In this domestic relations case, the court analyzes three issues: (1) custody of children; (2) efficacy of preferences of custody of the minor children; and (3) whether the custody award granted de facto custody to the paternal grandparents.

Jack B. Swerling, of Columbia, for Appellant. Attorney General Henry D. McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, Senior Assistant Attorney General Harold M. Coombs, Jr., all of Columbia, and Solicitor Robert M. Ariail, of Greenville, for Respondent.

This appeal from two counts of felony driving under the influence involves several evidentiary issues.

Leland Bland Greeley, of Rock Hill, and Edward T. Hinson, Jr., of Charlotte, NC, for Appellant. Attorney General Henry D. McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, Assistant Attorney General David Spencer, all of Columbia, and Solicitor Thomas E. Pope, of York, for Respondent.

Indicted for murder, the appellant was convicted of voluntary manslaughter. The questions presented are whether voluntary manslaughter was a proper verdict option, whether the evidence supports the verdict, and whether the trial court erred in excluding bad act evidence about the victim.

Donald E. Rothwell, of Irmo, for Appellant. Robert Scott Dover, of Pickens, for Respondents.

The Chapmans brought the underlying action against Upstate R.V. for breach of warranties, breach of contract, and revocation in connection with the sale of a boat. The jury found for the Chapmans. Upstate R.V. appeals the trial judge's denial of its motion for directed verdict and the denial of its various post-trial motions.

Stephan Victor Futeral, of Mt. Pleasant, for Appellant. Susan Trout Kinard, of Mt. Pleasant, for Respondent.

In this domestic litigation, the husband appeals numerous rulings of the family court including issues involving equitable distribution of marital debt, transmutation of property, payment of child care and private school tuition, determination of income, required anger management attendance, transfer of non-marital property, attorney's fees, and denial of a rule to show cause.

Kenneth E. Sowell, of Greenville, pro se. Attorney General Henry D. McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John M. McIntosh, Chief State Grand Jury Sherri A. Lydon, Assistant Attorney General Jennifer D. Evans, all of Columbia, for Respondent.

Sowell, an attorney, appeals the circuit court order finding him in criminal contempt for releasing state grand jury information to an investigator.

John B. Duggan, of Greer, for Appellant. William James Barnes, of Greenville, for Respondent.

In an appeal from the final order of divorce, Husband argues the trial court erred in denying Husband a special equity interest in the marital home, failing to include certain pieces of personal property and debt in the marital estate, excluding passive increases in Wife's retirement account and including Husband's retirement account in the marital estate, awarding Wife fifty percent of the marital estate, awarding Husband only $250 per month in alimony, and denying Husband's request for attorney's fees.

Steven E. Farrar, Jack H. Tedards, Jr., and William B. Swent, of Greenville, for Appellant. Donald A. Harper, N. Ward Lambert, and Cynthia Buck Brown, of Greenville, for Respondent, Universal Television Enterprises, Inc.; Robert C. Bernius, of Washington, DC, for Respondent, Gannett Co., Inc.; Moffatt G. McDonald, of Greenville, for Respondents, Multimedia Ent. Inc., Multimedia Inc. & Gannett Co.

In this contract case applying New York law, Donahue appeals, arguing the circuit court erred in (1) failing to render a contract non-assignable due to its status as a personal service contract, (2) concluding a stock sale was not a contract assignment, and (3) interpreting the contract's right of first refusal.

W. Grady Jordan, of Easley, for Appellants. N. Heyward Clarkson, III, of Greenville, for Respondent Rodgers Builders, Inc.; John P. Riordan, of Greenville, for Respondent F.T. Williams Company, Incorporated.

Appellants Dorothy and Arthur Sides appeal from the grant of summary judgment to the Respondents, the contractor and subcontractor on a building project, on their claims arising out of Dorothy Sides's slip and fall accident that occurred at Greenville Memorial Hospital.

Jeffrey Falkner Wilkes, of Greenville, for Appellant. James C. Cothran, Jr., of Spartanburg, for Respondent. Joseph K. Maddox, Jr., of Spartanburg, Guardian Ad Litem.

Husband appeals from a final order of divorce arguing the trial court erred in (1) finding personal property transmuted, (2) equitably dividing the marital estate, (3) awarding Wife one-half of Husband's workers' compensation award, (4) ordering Husband to pay half of the parties' child's private school tuition in addition to child support, (5) awarding Wife attorney's fees, and (6) awarding Wife primary placement of the parties' child.

Everett P. Godfrey, Jr., of Greenville, for Appellant. Attorney General Henry D. McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, Senior Assistant Attorney General Harold M. Coombs, Jr., all of Columbia, and Solicitor Robert M. Ariail, of Greenville, for Respondent.

Wallace appeals his conviction for second degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor arguing the trial court erred in admitting the testimony of the victim's sister regarding a prior alleged act of criminal sexual conduct with a minor under the common scheme or plan exception of Rule 404(b)of the South Carolina Rules of Evidence.

Rivers S. Stilwell and Peter G. Siachos, of Greenville, for Appellant. Joseph A. Mooneyham, of Greenville, for Respondent.

Appellant argues the trial court erred in enforcing a settlement and in finding Rule 43(k) did not prevent enforcement of same.

James C. Alexander, of Pickens, for Appellants. R. Murray Hughes, of Pickens, for Respondent.

Appellants appeal from an order of the special referee which found certain restrictive covenants were enforceable against the Appellants and granted a permanent injunction preventing them from proceeding with construction.

Phillip E. Reeves and Jennifer D. Eubanks, of Greenville, for Appellants. Benjamin C. Harrison and David H. Tyner, of Spartanburg, for Respondent.

This is an appeal from a declaratory judgment action to determine the applicability of insurance to an automobile accident in which the plaintiff was injured. Insurance company appeals arguing the trial court mistakenly found plaintiff was entitled to "nonowned" coverage.

Timothy E. Madden, of Greenville, for Appellant-Respondent. Kenneth C. Porter and David Alan Wilson, both of Greenville, for Respondent-Appellant.

This is a cross-appeal from a divorce decree. The issues on appeal are (1) the grounds of divorce, (2) child custody, (3) visitation, (4) child support, (5) equitable division, and (6) attorney fees and costs.

John Robert Devlin, Jr., of Greenville, and Beacham O. Brooker, Jr., of Columbia, for Appellant. H. W. "Pat" Paschal, Jr., of Greenville, for Respondents.

Landowners filed suit claiming the South Carolina Department of Transportation took a portion of their property due to closing access between U.S. 123 and Old Easley Bridge Road. After a jury awarded just compensation, the DOT appealed arguing the trial court erred in (1) submitting the question of a taking to the jury, (2) finding the landowners' property abutted the section of the road that was closed, and (3) declining to find the landowners' suffered an injury different in kind from their neighbors or the public generally