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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.
Wednesday, April 13, 2016 | |
Supreme Court Courtroom
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09:30 a.m. | (Time Limits: 20-20-10) |
2014-000610 The State, Respondent,
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Ricky Lee Blackwell, Appellant. Chief Appellate Defender Robert M. Dudek and Appellate Defender David Alexander, both of Columbia, for Appellant. Attorney General Alan M. Wilson, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka and Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Melody J. Brown, all of Columbia and Solicitor Barry J. Barnette, of Spartanburg, for Respondent. Meliah Bowers Jefferson, of Wyche, P.A., of Greenville, for Amicus Curiae National Crime Victim Law Institute. Lindsey D. Jacobs and Patricia Ravenhorst, both of Greenville, for Amicus Curiae South Carolina Victim Assistance Network. In this death penalty appeal, appellant challenges the circuit court's rulings regarding appellant's eligibility to receive the death penalty, juror selection, the exclusion of evidence, and appellant's right to cross-examine a State's witness. |
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10:00 a.m. | (Time Limits: 15-15-5) |
2014-000904 Louis Michael Winkler, Jr., Respondent,
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State of South Carolina, Petitioner. Attorney General Alan M. Wilson, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka, Assistant Attorney General J. Anthony Mabry and Assistant Attorney General Alphonso Simon, Jr., all of Columbia, for Petitioner. Emily C. Paavola, of Justice 360, of Columbia and John R. Mills of San Francisco, California, for Respondent. This court granted certiorari to review the post-conviction relief court's grant of relief as to Louis Michael Winkler, Jr.'s death sentence. |
Cases to be Submitted Without Oral Argument | |
Jaleel Page, Petitioner, v. State of South Carolina, Respondent. |
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Appellate Defender Tiffany Lorraine Butler, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Attorney General Alan M. Wilson and Assistant Attorney General James Rutledge Johnson, both of Columbia, for Respondent. |
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Detrick Williams, Petitioner, v. State of South Carolina, Respondent. |
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Appellate Defender Robert M. Pachak, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Attorney General Alan M. Wilson and Assistant Attorney General James Rutledge Johnson, both of Columbia, for Respondent. |