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December 2008 |
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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.
Tuesday, December 2, 2008 | |
Courtroom I
(Court convenes at 10:15
a.m.)
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10:15 a.m. | (Time Limits: 10 - 10 - 5 ) |
16417 Tommy H. Middleton, Appellant, v. Connery Properties, Inc., Respondent. Benjamin Goldberg, of Charleston, for Appellant. Kerry W. Koon, of Charleston, for Respondent. In this appeal from the denial of an action to set aside a tax sale of real property, appellant contends the Master-in-Equity erred because: (1) the execution notice was confusing and statutorily deficient; (2) the official notice of levy was confusing and statutorily void; and (3) the tax sale advertisement erroneously informed the delinquent tax payer that payment of the 2003 taxes was required prior to the tax sale. Appellant also argues the Master erred in finding the statutory errors committed by the delinquent tax collector were merely directory, as opposed to fundamental defects.
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11:00 a.m. | (Time Limits: 10 - 10 - 5 ) |
16467 John R. Chastain and Katharine Chastain, Appellants, v. John H. Hiltabidle, Talle G. Hiltabidle and C. Can Joyner Company, Inc., Defendants, Of Whom C. Dan Joyner Company, Inc. is the Respondent. William H. Ehlies, II, of Greenville, for Appellants. Samuel W. Outten and Sandi R. Wilson, of Greenville, for Respondent. In this action for negligence, we determine whether the circuit court erred in granting summary judgment in favor of Respondents because the Respondents’ motion for summary judgment was procedurally defective, and whether the trial court erred in holding a realtor does not have a legal duty to investigate latent defects in property or advise its clients on matters outside the scope of its expertise.
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11:45 a.m. | (Time Limits: 10 - 10 - 5 ) |
16490 Deborah J. Clegg, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Allison T. Clegg, Respondent, v. Elliott M. Lambrecht, Douglas A. Lambrecht, Rhett Barker, Jan Horan, and Anna C. Lambrecht, Defendants, Of Whom Douglas A. Lambrecht is the Appellant. John E. North, Jr., and Pamela K. Black, of Beaufort, for Appellant. Fred Kuhn, Jr., of Beaufort, and G. Richardson Wieters, of Hilton Head Island, for Respondent. This is an appeal from the denial of a motion to impose sanctions pursuant to the South Carolina Frivolous Proceedings Sanctions Act and Rule 11, SCRCP. Appellant argues the trial court erred by: (1) failing to set forth findings of fact and conclusions of law in its order denying sanctions; (2) using the competence of counsel and the good faith of counsel as the standard for evaluating frivolity; (3) ruling the respondent acted in good faith without an evidentiary basis; and (4) failing to award attorney fees incurred in defense of respondent’s claims against him as sanctions.
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2:00 p.m. | (Time Limits: 10 - 10 - 5 ) |
16415 Iraj Mazloom, Respondent, v. Manoochehr Mazloom, Albolfazl Mazloom and AMA, LLC, Appellants. Deborah Harrison Sheffield, of Columbia, and Paul L. Reeves, of Columbia, for Appellants. Tobias G. Ward, Jr., and J. Derrick Jackson, of Columbia, for Respondent. The Appellants appeal from the Master-in-Equity’s decision finding the Respondent owned a 25% interest in a business and was due damages as a result of the sale of the business.
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2:45 p.m. | (Time Limits: 10 - 10 - 5 ) |
16416 Laura C. Perry, Appellant, v. Coby G. Perry, Respondent. Katherine Carruth Link, of West Columbia, and Christian Giresi Spradley, of Saluda, for Appellant. Robert L. Widener, of Columbia, for Respondent. Melissa Leigh Franklin, of Aiken, Guardian Ad Litem. In this appeal from the denial of a request to transfer child custody, appellant asserts the family court erred by: (1) denying appellant’s request for sole custody of the children; (2) failing to designate appellant as the primary custodial parent; (3) denying appellant’s request to relocate the children; (4) failing to address the issue of child support and failing to award child support; and (5) making factual findings contrary to the weight of the evidence.
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Wednesday, December 3, 2008 | |
Courtroom I
(Court convenes at 9:30
a.m.)
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9:30 a.m. | (Time Limits: 10 - 10 - 5 ) |
16189 2003-CP-26-01786________________Horry County, a body politic, Appellant, v. Michael R. Ray, Park-Ray Landscape, Inc., Horry County State Bank, Coastal Federal Savings Bank, Coastal Management Associates, Inc., ARS and United Video, Defendants, of whom Horry County State Bank is Respondent. 2003-CP-26-05799________________Horry County State Bank, a South Carolina Corporation, Respondent, v. Park-Ray Landscape, Inc., Michael R. Ray, Individually and as Officer of Park Ray Landscape, Inc., Horry County, a body politic, Branch Banking & Trust, S.C. Department of Revenue, Coastal Federal Bank, Sunbelt Rentals, Inc., United Video, Coastal Management Associates, Inc., Jill Allen, Ernest Holt, Walter Nalepa, and Margaret Dvores, on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated and derivatively as homeowners in Oakmont at River Oaks Homeowner's Assn. Inc. Defendants, of whom Horry County, a body politic is Appellant. John B. McCutcheon, Jr., Mary Ruth M. Baxter, and Lisa A. Thomas, of Conway, for Appellant. Carroll D. Padgett, Jr., of Loris, and Andrew C. English, III, and Mary Dameron Milliken, of Columbia, for Respondent. The County appeals the special referee’s award to the bank of proceeds from a foreclosure sale to satisfy a mortgage given by the record owner subsequent to the filing of a lis pendens by the County.
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10:15 a.m. | (Time Limits: 10 - 10 - 5 ) |
16128 Time Warner Cable, Respondent, v. Condo Services, Inc., d/b/a Renaissance Enterprises, Inc., Appellant. James B. Richardson, Jr., of Columbia, for Appellant. Frank R. Ellerbe, III, of Columbia, for Respondent. A jury awarded Time Warner Cable (Time Warner) damages for a breach of contract by nonpayment by Condo Services, Inc., d/b/a Renaissance Enterprises, Inc. (REI). REI appeals the circuit court’s post-trial order requiring REI to allow Time Warner to continue providing services to REI’s customers for the remaining term of the contract and requiring Time Warner to pay REI twenty percent of its revenues for video services during this time.
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11:00 a.m. | (Time Limits: 10 - 10 - 5 ) |
16322 David J. Widener, Appellant, v. Fort Mill Ford, and WFS Financial, Defendants, of whom Fort Mill Ford is Respondent. Mitchell K. Byrd, Sr., of Hilton Head Island, for Appellant. Ronald J. Tryon and J. Drayton Hastie, III, of Columbia, for Respondent. Widener brought this action against Fort Mill Ford alleging violations of the South Carolina Regulation of Manufacturers, Distributors, and Dealers Act, S.C. Code Ann. §§ 56-15-10 to 56-15-600 (Supp. 2007), and the Unfair Trade Practices Act, S.C. Code Ann. §§ 39-5-10 to 39-5-560 (Supp. 2007). In response, Fort Mill Ford moved to dismiss or stay the proceedings and to compel arbitration. After a hearing, the trial court dismissed the action, stating Fort Mill Ford “is entitled to a dismissal of this action in order that the parties may pursue arbitration in accordance with the parties’ agreement.” Widener appeals.
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11:45 a.m. | (Time Limits: 10 - 10 - 5) |
16093 James Dean Gainey, Respondent v. Jody Lee Gainey, Appellant. Steven S. McKenzie, of Manning, for Appellant. Robert L. Widener, of Columbia, and Michael W. Self, of Sumter, for Respondent. This domestic appeal arises from the denial of motions under Rule 60(b)(1)-(4), SCRCP, to set aside a Property Settlement Agreement and Decree of Separate Maintenance between Wife (Appellant) and Husband (Respondent). Wife moved that the Order be vacated because of alleged fraud on the part of her husband and the fact that she was coerced into entering into the Property Settlement Agreement. The family court found that the Wife had failed to carry her burden of proof on all issues raised in her motions.
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Wednesday, December 3, 2008 | |
Courtroom II
(Court convenes at 9:30
a.m.)
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9:30 a.m. | (Time Limits: 10 - 10 - 5 ) |
16321 John and Charlene Turner, Appellants, v. Douglas A. Milliman, Consumer Benefits of America, NIA Corporation, Mid America Life Insurance Co., World Service Life Insurance Co., Provident American Life and Health Insurance Co., Provident Indemnity Life Insurance Co., and Central Reserve Life Insurance Co., Respondents. John W. Carrigg, Jr., of Columbia, for Appellants. Jonathan Matthew Harvey, of Columbia, for Respondent Douglas Milliman. Lawrence B. Orr, of Florence, for Respondents Provident American Life and Health Insurance Co., Provident Indemnity Life Insurance Co., and Central Reserve Life Insurance Company. Stephanie G. Flynn and Phillip E. Reeves, of Greenville, for Respondents MidAmerica Life Insurance Co. and Consumer Benefits of America.
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10:15 a.m. | (Time Limits: 10 - 10 - 5 ) |
16412 Janet C. Robarge, an individual, and Parker Sewer and Fire Subdistrict, a corporation, Appellants, v. The City of Greenville, Knox H. White, Lillian Brock Flemming, C. Diane Smock, Michelle R. Shain, Debra M. Sofield, Chandra E. Dillard, and J. David Sudduth, Respondents. R. Mills Ariail, Jr., of Greenville, for Appellants. Ronald W. McKinney, of Greenville, for Respondents.
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11:00 a.m. | (Time Limits: 10 - 10 - 5 ) |
16351 Colony United Business Brokers, Inc., Respondent, v. Sue Price DBA Danny's Party Shop, AKA Danny's Party Store, Appellant. Hammond A. Beale, Jr., of Columbia, for Appellant. James W. Poag, Jr., of West Columbia, for Respondent.
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Thursday, December 11, 2008 | |
Horry County Courthouse
(Court convenes at 9:30
a.m.)
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9:30 a.m. Courtroom 3B | (Time Limits: 10 - 10 - 5 ) |
16152 Tyson Chastain, Respondent, v. Chasity Chastain, Appellant. Irby E. Walker, Jr., of Conway, for Appellant. Kevin Mitchell Barth,of Florence, and Marian D. Nettles, of Lake City, for Respondent. Philip Bryan Atkinson, of Florence, Guardian Ad Litem.
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9:30 a.m. Courtroom 3A | (Time Limits: 10 - 10 - 5 ) |
16194 Windle E. Skipper, as personal representative of the estate of C.D. Nixon, Respondent, v. Gloria N. Perrone and Carol Repec Perrone, as personal representatives of the estate of Joel E. Perrone, Appellants, v. Ray Nixon, LLC, Windle Skipper, individually and as the personal representative of the estate of C.D. Nixon, N.F. Nixon, Jr., and John W. Ray, Third-Party Defendants. Rose Duggan Manos, of Columbia, Willard D. Hanna, Jr., of Surfside Beach, and Paul Dominick, of Charleston, for Appellants. J. Jackson Thomas, of Myrtle Beach, for Respondent.
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10:15 a.m. Courtroom 3A | (Time Limits: 10 - 10 - 5 ) |
16196 Karen Dallis Carpenter, Appellant, v. James Edward Burr, Frank C. Gavay, Cynthia A. Gesualdi and Susan S. Fisher, Respondents. James L. Hills, of Myrtle Beach, for Appellant. Randall K. Mullins, of North Myrtle Beach, for Respondents.
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10:15 a.m. Courtroom 3B | (Time Limits: 10 - 10 - 5 ) |
16129 Ex Parte: Janice S. Wheeler, Respondent, v. In re: Estate of Dorothy Fillius Green, Carlette Reynolds, Edward Scott Reynolds, Dawn Flack Reynolds, Thomas A. & Betty H. Considine, Lucy Ann Strickland, Maxine Green Thomas, John G. & Lois M. Considine, Susan C. Considine, James R. Considine, Carol Evans Fastnaught, Roberta Sodaro, Elizabeth Sodaro Wolters, Karen Sodaro Little, Douglas Wheeler, Janice S. Wheeler, Claire (Pat) Kelly Derickson, Heather Parkinson Webb, Treva Joyce Wilson, Susan P. Stowe, Frances O'Donnell Nevin, Adelina D'Aliosio, St. Andrews Catholic Church, North Myrtle Beach/Horry County Library, Briarcliffe Acres Association, Jennifer D. Powers, Kenneth S. & Laura F. Corbett, Defendants, Of whom Kenneth S. & Laura F. Corbett are Respondents and Edward Scott Reynolds, Thomas A. & Betty H. Considine, Lois M. Considine, Briarcliffe Acres Association, and Jennifer D. Powers, are Appellants. J. Charles Ormond, Jr., and Anthony R. Plante, of Columbia, for Appellants. Charles Bernhart Jordan, of Myrtle Beach, for Respondents K. Corbett and L. Corbett. John M. Leiter, of Myrtle Beach, for Respondent Janice S. Wheeler.
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11:00 a.m. Courtroom 3B | (Time Limits: 10 - 10 - 5 ) |
16080 Willard M. Williams, Jr., Appellant/Respondent, v. Charles C. Bozeman, Robin C. Bozeman, d/b/a Robin Bozeman Trucking, Respondents/Appellants, and Turkeesha C. Minnifield and Dease Construction, Respondents. Jeffrey Edwin Johnson, of Conway, for Appellant-Respondent. G. Michael Smith, of Conway, for Respondent Dease Construction. Margaret Fanning Horn, of Charleston, for Respondent Minnifield. J. Dwight Hudson and Mary Anne Graham for Respondent Bozeman, and Glenn V. Ohanesian, of Myrtle Beach, for Respondent-Appellants.
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11:00 a.m. Courtroom 3A | (Time Limits: 10 - 10 - 5 ) |
16499 The State, Respondent, v. Rodney R. Parker, Jr., Appellant. Robert M. Dudek, Deputy Chief Attorney for Capital Appeals, 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, Senior Assistant Attorney General William Edgar Salter, III, of Office of the Attorney General, of Columbia, and Solicitor I. McDuffie Stone, III, of Beaufort, for Respondent.
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11:45 a.m. Courtroom 3B | (Time Limits: 10 - 10 - 5 ) |
16246 South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles, Appellant, v. Josef Scott Holtzclaw, Respondent. Frank L. Valenta, Jr., of Blythewood, for Appellant. Steven Wayne Sumner, of Greenville, for Respondent.
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11:45 a.m. Courtroom 3A | (Time Limits: 10 - 10 - 5 ) |
16492 The State, Respondent, v. Bruce E. Kirton, Appellant. Deputy Chief Attorney Wanda H. Carter, 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, and Assistant Attorney General William M. Blitch, Jr., of Office of the Attorney General, of Columbia, and Solicitor John Gregory Hembree, of Conway, for Respondent.
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Friday, December 12, 2008 | |
Horry County Courthouse
(Court convenes at 9:30
a.m.)
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9:30 a.m. Courtroom 3B | (Time Limits: 10 - 10 - 5 ) |
16141 Stanley D. Floyd, Deceased/Employee, Appellant/Respondent, v. C.B. Askins & Co., Contractors, Employer, and AIU Insurance Company, Carrier, Respondents/Appellants. Steve Wukela, Jr., of Florence, for Appellant-Respondent. Peter H. Dworjanyn, Christian Stegmaier, and Amy L. Neuschafer, of Columbia, for Respondent-Appellants.
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10:15 a.m. Courtroom 3A | (Time Limits: 10 - 10 - 5 ) |
16084 Diane B. Phillips, Appellant, v. Horry County, Respondent. Richard Kevin Phillips, Appellant, v. Horry County, Respondent. James P. Stevens, Jr., of Loris, for Appellants. Victoria T. Vaught, of Conway, for Respondent.
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10:15 a.m. Courtroom 3B | (Time Limits: 10 - 10 - 5 ) |
16089 American Legion Post 15, American Legion Post 17 and Steve Johnson, Respondents, v. Horry County, Appellant. Emma Ruth Brittain, and Charles B. Jordan, Jr., of Myrtle Beach, for Appellant. Kenneth R. Young, Jr., of Sumter, for Respondents.
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11:00 a.m. Courtroom 3B | (Time Limits: 10 - 10 - 5 ) |
16133 In Re: Estate of Jettie Byrd F. Anderson Sarah Anderson Lee, Appellant, v. Burney V. Locklear, III, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Jettie Bryd F. Anderson, Edward Euguene Locklear, Otis D. Anderson, Regina A. Mistic, Gale A. Campbell, and Vickey A. Landing, Respondents. Charles J. Hupfer, Jr., of Florence, for Appellant. Larry G. Reddick, of Lake City, for Respondents Burney Locklear, III & Edward Eugene Locklear.
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11:00 a.m. Courtroom 3A | (Time Limits: 10 - 10 - 5 ) |
16135 Charles Newton, Employee, Respondent, v. Georgetown Steel, Employer and Capital City Insurance Company, Carrier, Appellants. Vincent C. Northcutt and Jason A. Williams, of Charleston, for Appellants. Malcolm M. Crosland, Jr., of Charleston, for Respondent.
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Cases to be Submitted Without Oral Argument | |
16057 |
The State,Respondent, v. Jimmy Wayne Estes,Appellant.
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16061 |
The State,Respondent, v. Nathaniel Blakely,Appellant.
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16062 |
The State,Respondent, v. Shandell J. Terry,Appellant.
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16068 |
The State,Respondent, v. Randall Lane Smith Sr.,Appellant.
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16069 |
The State,Respondent, v. Alouis L. Taylor,Appellant.
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16070 |
The State,Respondent, v. Bianca Lanor Ford,Appellant.
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16071 |
The State,Respondent, v. Paul Ray Davis,Appellant.
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16073 |
The State,Respondent, v. Clarence Glover,Appellant.
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16074 |
The State,Respondent, v. Johnny Jones,Appellant.
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16083 |
James Richard Miles,Appellant, v. Theodora M. Miles,Respondent.
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16116 |
The State,Respondent, v. Courtney Deon Lyles,Appellant.
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16148 |
Kent Blackburn and Alison R. Minnich, Appellants, v. TKT and Associates, Inc., Martha C. Carver, and Raymond T. Windham,Respondents. TKT and Associates, Inc., Martha C. Carver, and Raymond T. Windham, Defendants/Cross-Claimants, v. Palmetto Medical Equipment of Florence LLC and Palmetto Medical Equipment, Inc., Third Party Defendants.
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16197 |
The State,Respondent, v. Kevin Cornelius Odems,Appellant.
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16200 |
The State,Respondent, v. Laween Donna McNeil,Appellant.
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16202 |
The State, Respondent, v. Danny Redden, Appellant.
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16203 |
The State,Respondent, v. Hardy Lassiter,Appellant.
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16221 |
The State,Respondent, v. Nathaniel Johnson, Jr., Appellant.
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16222 |
The State,Respondent, v. Hollie Wright Jr.,Appellant.
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16225 |
The State,Respondent, v. Calvin Dejeniero James,Appellant.
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16229 |
The State,Appellant, v. That Tran,Respondent.
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16259 |
The State, Respondent, v. Melvin Jerome Nelson, Jr. Appellant.
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16269 |
The State,Respondent, v. Natalie Byrd,Appellant.
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16271 |
The State,Respondent, v. Joseph N. Clinton,Appellant.
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16278 |
The State,Respondent, v. Eric Rion Quick,Appellant.
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16280 |
The State,Respondent, v. Bruce Mitchell,Appellant.
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16281 |
The State,Respondent, v. Russell Reinhold,Appellant.
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16283 |
The State,Respondent, v. Leonard E. Scruggs,Appellant.
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16284 |
The State, Respondent, v. Kenneth M. Tucker, Appellant.
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16286 |
The State,Respondent, v. Ronald David Satterfield,Appellant.
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16287 |
The State,Respondent, v. Lavada E. Wingate,Appellant.
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16293 |
The State,Respondent, v. Theodore Harold Brown,Appellant.
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16297 |
The State,Respondent, v. Rafael Escalante,Appellant.
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16298 |
The State,Respondent, v. Jerry Kuzma #1,Appellant.
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16300 |
The State,Respondent, v. David Black,Appellant.
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16302 |
The State, Respondent, v. Christopher Alan Greene, Appellant.
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16313 |
The State,Respondent, v. Terry Lee Smith,Appellant.
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16339 |
The State,Respondent, v. Harry Kirvin,Appellant.
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16358 |
In the Interest of Tyrone L., Jr., A Juvenile under the age of seventen ,Appellant.
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16359 |
The State,Respondent, v. Rollie Stinson,Appellant.
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16362 |
The State,Respondent, v. Harlan Hayes,Appellant.
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16366 |
The State,Respondent, v. Henry Lee Ladson, Jr.,Appellant.
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16367 |
The State,Respondent, v. Aaron Lee,Appellant.
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16368 |
The State, Respondent, v. James D. McCornell, Appellant.
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16369 |
The State,Respondent, v. Shondell Christopher Patterson,Appellant.
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16370 |
The State,Respondent, v. Marion Anthony Walters,Appellant.
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16371 |
The State,Respondent, v. Erika Moore,Appellant.
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16374 |
The State,Respondent, v. Leon Abercrombie,Appellant.
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16376 |
The State,Respondent, v. Freddie Eubanks,Appellant.
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16383 |
The State,Respondent, v. Charles Earl Richey,Appellant.
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16403 |
The State,Respondent, v. Rashaun L. Taste,Appellant.
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16406 |
The State,Respondent, v. Robert Pitts,Appellant.
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16411 |
The State, Respondent, v. Donald Roy Floyd, Appellant.
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16422 |
The State,Respondent, v. Justin Noel McManus,Appellant.
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16423 |
The State,Respondent, v. Larry Mitchell, Jr.,Appellant.
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16424 |
The State, Respondent, v. Carwin Tyrone Pettis, Jr., Appellant.
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16425 |
The State,Respondent, v. Shelton Darnell Ray,Appellant.
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16427 |
The State,Respondent, v. Keith Antonio Malloy,Appellant.
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16428 |
The State,Respondent, v. Russell Trevor Quinn,Appellant.
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16429 |
The State,Respondent, v. Sidney Darden Dowling, Jr.,Appellant.
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16430 |
The State,Respondent, v. Michael Jones,Appellant.
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16431 |
The State,Respondent, v. Britney E. Ervin,Appellant.
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16432 |
The State,Respondent, v. Manix A. Bailey,Appellant.
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16434 |
The State,Respondent, v. Jerry Kuzma #2,Appellant.
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16435 |
The State, Respondent, v. Clifton Deon Gilmore, Appellant.
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