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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.
Thursday, January 5, 2023 | |
Supreme Court Courtroom
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11:30 a.m. | (Time Limits: 30-30-10 primary appeal, then 10-10-5 cross-appeal.) |
2022-001280 Freddie Eugene Owens, Brad Keith Sigmon, Gary DuBose Terry, and Richard Bernard Moore, Respondents-Appellants,
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Bryan P. Stirling, in his official capacity as the Director of the South Carolina Department of Corrections; South Carolina Department of Corrections; and Henry McMaster, in his official capacity as Governor of the State of South Carolina, Appellants-Respondents. Chief Legal Counsel Thomas Ashley Limehouse, Jr., Senior Legal Counsel William Grayson Lambert, and Deputy Legal Counsel Erica Wells Shedd, all of Columbia, for Appellant-Respondent Governor Henry D. McMaster; Daniel Clifton Plyler and Austin Tyler Reed, both of Smith Robinson, of Columbia, for Bryan P. Stirling, Director and the South Carolina Department of Corrections, Appellants-Respondents. Lindsey Sterling Vann, Emily C. Paavola, and Allison Ann Franz, all of Justice 360; John Christopher Mills, of J. Christopher Mills, LLC, of Columbia; Joshua Snow Kendrick, of Kendrick & Leonard, P.C., of Greenville; and John H. Blume, III, of Ithaca, NY, for Respondents-Appellants. John Lafitte Warren, III, of Law Offices of Bill Nettles, of Columbia, for Amicus Curiae Concerned Public Health Professionals, et al. Howard Walton Anderson, III, of Truluck Thomason LLC, of Greenville, for Amicus Curiae Pharmaceutical Manufacturers. In this cross-appeal, the Court reviews an order finding the firing squad and the electric chair, two of South Carolina's methods of imposing the death penalty under S.C. Code Ann. ยง 24-3-530 (Supp. 2023), are unconstitutional. |
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Thursday, January 12, 2023 | |
Supreme Court Courtroom
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09:30 a.m. | (Time Limits: 15-15-5) |
2021-000622 The State, Petitioner,
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Guadalupe Guzman Morales, Respondent. Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General William M. Blitch, Jr., both of Columbia, for Petitioner. Appellate Defender Kathrine Haggard Hudgins, of Columbia, for Respondent. The Court granted the State's petition for a writ of certiorari to review the court of appeals' opinion in State v. Morales, 433 S.C. 196, 857 S.E.2d 383 (Ct. App. 2021). The Court will decide whether testimony from the victim's sister was admissible at trial pursuant to Rule 404(b) of the South Carolina Rules of Evidence. |
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10:30 a.m. | (Time Limits: 15-15-5) |
2021-000711 The State, Respondent,
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William Lee Carpenter, Petitioner. Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General William M. Blitch, Jr., both of Columbia; and Solicitor William Walter Wilkins, III, of Greenville, all for Respondent. Fletcher N. Smith, Jr., of Law Firm of Fletcher N. Smith, Jr., LLC, of Greenville; and Elizabeth Ann Franklin-Best, of Elizabeth Franklin-Best, P.C., of Columbia, both for Petitioner. The Court granted a petition for a writ of certiorari to review the court of appeals' decision in State v. Carpenter, Op. No. 2021-UP-182 (S.C. Ct. App. filed May 19, 2021). |
Cases to be Submitted Without Oral Argument | |
Allen Stone, Petitioner, v. State of South Carolina, Respondent. |
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Appellate Defender David Alexander, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Megan Harrigan Jameson, both of Columbia, for Respondent. |