Chief Appellate Defender Joseph L. Savitz, III, 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, Assistant Attorney General William M. Blitch, Jr., all of Columbia, and Solicitor Donald V. Myers, of Lexington, for Respondent.

In this case, Respondent appeals the trial court’s refusal to allow him to withdraw his Alford plea.

Pete Kulmala, of Harvey & Kulmala, of Barnwell, for Petitioners. Clinch H. Belser, Jr., and Michael J. Polk, both of Belser & Belser,of Columbia, for Respondent

In this case, the Court granted certiorari to review Windham v. Riddle, 370 S.C. 415, 635 S.E.2d 558 (Ct. App. 2006), in which the Court of Appeals reversed the master-in-equity’s decision finding that Petitioners had an appurtenant easement for irrigation purposes over Respondent’s property.

Deputy Chief Appellate Defender for Capital Appeals Robert M. Dudek, of South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense, of Columbia, and Melissa Jane Reed Kimbrough, of Kimbrough and Taggart, of Columbia, for Appellant. Attorney General Henry Dargan 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 Donald V. Myers, of Lexington, for Respondent.

Mercer appeals his conviction and the imposition of the death penalty by challenging denials by the circuit court of various pre-trial and post-trial motions, as well as issues of evidence admissibility.

Desa Ballard and P. Christopher Smith, Jr., both of West Columbia, Michael Sean O'Neal, of North Charleston, C. Rauch Wise of Greenwood and C. Bradley Hutto, of Williams and Williams, of Orangeburg, for Petitioner. General Counsel Frank L. Valenta, Jr., Deputy General Counsel Philip S. Porter and Assistant General Counsel Linda A. Grice, all of Columbia, for Respondent.

This case is on certiorari to the Court of Appeals. At issue is whether the Court of Appeals properly reinstated the suspension of Taylor’s driver’s license on the ground that, although Taylor was not advised in writing of the implied consent form, he was not prejudiced by this omission.

E. Paul Gibson, of Riesen Law Firm, of Charleston, and Stephen F. DeAntonio, of DeAntonio Law Firm, of Charleston, for Petitioner. John J. Kerr, of Buist, Moore, Smythe & McGee, of Charleston, for Respondent.

The Court granted certiorari in this libel action to consider the Court of Appeals’ decision in Metts v. Mims, 370 S.C. 529, 635 S.E.2d 640 (Ct. App. 2006).

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott and Senior Assistant Attorney General Harold M. Coombs, Jr., all of Columbia, for Appellant. Christopher A. Wellborn, of Rock Hill, for Respondent.

This case involves the question of whether the magistrate judge erred in holding a probable cause hearing and finding there was no probable cause to proceed with Respondent’s criminal domestic violence charge.

J. Chris Brown and Jonathan P. Whitehead, of Babb & Brown, of Greenville, for Appellants. Stephen R. H. Lewis, of Covington, Patrick, Hagins, Stern & Lewis, of Greenville, and Cecil H. Nelson, Jr., of Nelson Law Firm, of Greenville, for Respondents.

This case involves a dispute about ownership of a tract of land in Greenville County. Appellants challenge the master-in-equity’s findings that (1) they did not prove their ownership claim for the property, (2) Respondents did establish their ownership claim, and (3) Appellants owe $25,000 to Respondents for damages to the property.

James Edward Bradley, of Moore, Taylor & Thomas, of West Columbia, and Mark E. Dreyer, of Connor and Winters, of Tulsa, OK, for Petitioner. William P. Davis, of Baker, Ravenel & Bender, of Columbia, for Respondents WRP Enterprises, Inc. & Revmax, Inc. Nelson R. Parker, of Land, Parker & Welch, of Manning, for Respondent Cindy Barrett Garnett.

This is an appeal of a declaratory judgment action in a coverage dispute and deals with contract interpretation.

Francis L. Bell, Jr., of Bell, Tindal & Freeland, of Lancaster, and Mitchell A. Norrell, of Norrell & Powers-Norrell, of Lancaster, for Petitioner. Deputy Director and General Counsel J. Hugh Ryan, III, of South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense, of Columbia, for Respondent.

The Court agreed to hear this matter in its original jurisdiction to determine whether the Commission on Indigent Offense is correctly interpreting and applying S.C.Code Ann. § 17-3-510(A).

Pope D. Johnson, III, of McCutchen Blanton Johnson & Barnette, of Columbia, and Samuel M. Price, Jr., of Newberry, for Petitioners. Adele Jeffords Pope, of Columbia, for Respondent.

This case is on certiorari to the Court of Appeals. The issues are whether the Court of Appeals properly held that an order denying a motion to remove an action from the probate court to the circuit court was immediately appealable, and whether the Court of Appeals erred in addressing the issue of waiver.

Andrew F. Lindemann and William H. Davidson, II, both of Davidson, Morrison & Lindemann, of Columbia, for Petitioner. John E. Parker and Ronnie L. Crosby, both of Peters, Murdaugh, Parker, Eltzroth & Detrick, of Hampton, for Respondents.

The Court granted certiorari to consider the Court of Appeals’ decision in McMillan v. S.C.Dep’t of Agric., 364 S.C. 60, 611 S.E.2d 323 (Ct. App.2005).

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Attorney General Deborah R.J. Shupe and Assistant Attorney General Brandy A. Duncan, all of Columbia, for Appellant. Appellate Defender LaNelle C. DuRant, of South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense, of Columbia, for Respondent.

The State appeals the circuit court’s finding that there is no probable cause to establish the respondent Elliott D. Chandler is a sexually violent predator as defined by state law.

Tom Young, Jr., Charles W. Whetstone, Jr., Cheryl F. Perkins, all of Whetstone Myers Perkins & Young, of Columbia, Timothy E. Eble, of Mt. Pleasant, and J. Olin McDougall, II, of Newman & McDougall, of Beaufort, for Appellants. Walter Keith Martens and Herbert W. Hamilton, both of Hamilton, Martens, Ballou & Sipe, of Rock Hill, for Respondent. Robert R. Thuss and Susan B. Berkowitz, both of Columbia, for Amicus Curiae South Carolina Appleseed Legal Justice Center. John T. Moore, C. Mitchell Brown and B. Rush Smith, III, all of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, of Columbia, for Amicus Curiae South Carolina Bankers Association.

This is an appeal of the grant of summary judgment regarding whether a mortgage satisfaction should have been filed.

David I. Bruck, of Lexington, VA, and Keir M. Weyble, of Blume Weyble & Norris, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh and Assistant Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka, all of Columbia, for Respondent.

Petitioner seeks a writ of habeas corpus to set aside his death sentences on the grounds of improper argument at the sentencing phase of his trial.

Steven Smith McKenzie, of Johnson McKenzie & Robinson, of Manning, for Petitioner. Kenneth R. Young, Jr., of Young, Reiter, Keffer and Donnald, of Sumter, for Respondents.

Petitioners prevailed at their civil trial against respondents, but the Court of Appeals reversed and remanded for a new trial. Petitioners argue, inter alia, that the Court of Appeals erred in addressing a hearsay issue that was unpreserved.