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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, October 19, 2016 | |
Supreme Court Courtroom
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10:00 a.m. | (Time Limits: 10-10-5) |
2015-002507 The State, Respondent,
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Sarah Denise Cardwell, Petitioner. Deputy Chief Appellate Defender Wanda H. Carter, of Columbia and Appellate Defender Benjamin John Tripp, of Beaufort, both for Petitioner. Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Assistant Attorney General William M. Blitch, Jr., both of Columbia, for Respondent. The Court granted certiorari to review the Court of Appeals' decision in State v. Cardwell, 414 S.C. 416, 778 S.E.2d 483 (Ct. App. 2015), wherein the Court of Appeals upheld the circuit court's denial of a motion to suppress a video file seized from Cardwell's computer. |
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10:30 a.m. | (Time Limits: 15-15-5) |
2013-002288 Vance L. Boone, Thelma Boone, Travis G. Messex, Theresa S. Messex, Brian Johnson, and Kelli Johnson, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Petitioners/Respondents,
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Quicken Loans, Inc. and Title Source, Inc., Respondents/Petitioners. Charles L. Dibble, of Dibble Law Offices, of Columbia, Steven W. Hamm, of Richardson Plowden & Robinson, PA, of Columbia, C. Bradley Hutto, of Williams & Williams, of Orangeburg and Daniel Webster Williams, of Bedingfield & Williams, of Barnwell, for Petitioners/Respondents. Benjamin Rush Smith, III, Allen Mattison Bogan and Carmen Harper Thomas, all of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP, of Columbia, and Jeffrey B. Morganroth, of Morganroth & Morganroth, PLLC, of Birmingham, MI, for Respondents/Petitioners. The Court considers this case, brought in the Court's original jurisdiction, dealing with the unauthorized practice of law. |
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11:00 a.m. | (Time Limits: 15-15-5) |
2015-000718 The State, Respondent,
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Michael Vernon Beaty, Jr., Appellant. C. Rauch Wise, of Greenwood and E. Charles Grose, of the Grose Law Firm, of Greenwood, for Appellant. Attorney General Alan Wilson, Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka and Assistant Attorney General Susannah R. Cole, all of Columbia and Solicitor David M. Stumbo, of Greenwood, for Respondent. The Court agreed to rehear this case following the filing of Op. No. 27693 on December 29, 2016, wherein the Court discussed the trial judge's use of certain terms in his opening remarks to the jury and the content requirements of a divided closing argument, and affirmed Beaty's conviction. |
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Thursday, October 20, 2016 | |
Supreme Court Courtroom
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09:30 a.m. | (Time Limits: 10-10-5) |
2015-001555 R.C. Frederick Hanold, III and Rose F. Hanold, and Carol R. Mitchell and George P. Mitchell, Jr., Respondents,
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Watson's Orchard Property Owners Association, Inc., a South Carolina Corporation, and Pelham Farm, LLC, a South Carolina Corporation, Legacy One, LLC, a South Carolina Corporation, SESP LLC, a South Carolina Corporation, an unknown Trustee of the Revocable Trust Agreement Dated March 19,1996 established by James B. Stephens as amended, and unknown Jay Stephens and Mike Stephens as Co-Personal Representative of the Estate of James B. Stephens, Defendants,
Of whom Pelham Farm, LLC, a South Carolina Corporation, Legacy One, LLC, a South Carolina Corporation, an unknown Trustee of the Revocable Trust Agreement Dated March 19, 1996 established by James B. Stephens as amended, and unknown Jay Stephens and Mike Stephens as co-Personal Representative of the Estate of James B. Stephens, are the Petitioners.
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Property Owners in Watson's Orchard Subdivision: N. Carter Poe, III; McNally Reeves, as Trustee of the Residual Trust under item Five of the Last Will and Testament of Hattie L. Reeves dated February 9, 1998; Janet B. Yusi; Lucy S. Tiller; James G. Stephens; Rachel P. McKaughan; Ramon J. Ashy and Jana Ashy; Christopher D. Scalzo and Heather V. Scalzo; Erma R. Rash, as Trustee of the Erma R. Rash Revocable Trust dated February 12, 2010; James Edwin Conrad, as Trustee of the James Edwin Conrad Living Trust dated September 7, 2010; Sue Lane Conrad; Horst H. H. Eschenberg and Floride C. Eschenberg; Caryl L. Clover, as Trustee of the Caryl L. Clover Revocable Living Trust Agreement dated May 12, 1999; Mary F. Newell; Timothy M. Conroy and Elizabeth W. Conroy; Nathan Scolari; Joel Wells Norwood and Lynn Norwood; J. Lynn Shook; Juan Hernandez and Janice M. Pelletier; Scott P. Payne and Kathleen H. Payne; Joe G. Thomason and Dana L. Henry Thomason; Traci Segura; Cameron E. Smith and Joan B. Smith; Charles E. Howard and Sharon F. Howard; Penelope J. Galbraith; Meredith C. Vry; Delores B. Mitchell; Lisette M. Silva and Mary F. Colley; Ilona K. Alford and William G. Alford; George T. McLeod and Martha T. McLeod; Ronald S. Wilson and Robin E. Wilson; The Merrill J. Gildersleeve and Anore L. Novak Revocable Living Trust dated November 1, 1996; Anna Marie T. Azores and Kim O. Gococo; Ashley Westrope as Trustee of Martha Randolph Westrop Trust dated June 6, 1988; Cliff C. Jollie and Martha W. Jollie; David A. Saliny and Xiaoli Saliny; Lecia S. Franklin; Dean D. Varner and Deborah P. Varner; W. Frank Durham, Jr.; Christine M. Howard; Samuel P. Howard, Jr. and Jane H. Howard; Manfred E. Kramer and Jane J. Kramer; Mary J. Steele; James J. Barrett, III and Kimberly A. Barrett; Richard A. Herman and Patricia L. Herrman, Third Party Defendants. John S. Nichols, of Bluestein, Nichols, Thompson & Delgado, of Columbia, and William D. Herlong, of The Herlong Law Firm, LLC, of Greenville, for Petitioners. Randall S. Hiller, of Randall S. Hiller, P.A., of Greenville, for Respondents. The Court granted certiorari to review the court of appeals' decision in Hanold v. Watson's Orchard Prop. Owners Ass'n, Inc., 412 S.C. 387, 772 S.E.2d 528 (Ct. App. 2015). |
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10:00 a.m. | (Time Limits: 15-15-5) |
2015-001983 The State, Respondent,
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Charles Allen Cain, Petitioner. Thomas James Rode, of Thurmond Kirchner & Timbes, P.A., of Charleston, and Chief Appellate Defender Robert Michael Dudek, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Senior Assistant Attorney General David Spencer, both of Columbia and Solicitor Barry J. Barnette, of Spartanburg, for Respondent. Charles Allen Cain was convicted of trafficking methamphetamine under S.C. Code Ann. ยง 44-53-375(C). The Court of Appeals affirmed Cain's conviction. State v. Cain, 413 S.C. 508, 776 S.E.2d 374 (Ct. App. 2015). Cain appealed and this Court granted certiorari. Cain alleges the Court of Appeals erred in finding Cain's argument regarding the State's use of "theoretical yield" rather than "potential yield" was not preserved for appeal. |
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10:30 a.m. | (Time Limits: 10-10-5) |
2015-002294 Norman J. Hayes, Respondent,
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State of South Carolina, Petitioner. Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Assistant Attorney General Patrick Schmeckpeper, both of Columbia, for Petitioner. Appellate Defender Laura Ruth Baer, of Columbia, for Respondent. The Court granted the State's petition to review the Court of Appeals' decision in Hayes v. State, 413 S.C. 553, 777 S.E.2d 6 (Ct. App. 2015). |
Cases to be Submitted Without Oral Argument | |
Randall S. Tyler, Petitioner, v. State of South Carolina, Respondent. |
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Appellate Defender David Alexander, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Attorney General Alan Wilson and Assistant Attorney General Patrick Lowell Schmeckpeper, both of Columbia, for Respondent. |