B. Michael Brackett, of Moses Koon & Brackett, 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 Deborah R.J. Shupe, all of Columbia, for Respondent.

The appellant, an attorney, appeals from the circuit court’s order holding him in contempt and fining him $1,000. The contempt arose from an in-chambers, off-the-record conference during a condemnation trial. The issues are whether the circuit court erred by not granting the appellant’s motion for a continuance; whether the appellant’s due process rights were violated; and whether the circuit court erred in holding him in contempt.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Charles H. Richardson and Assistant Attorney General David A. Spencer, all of Columbia, and Solicitor John R. Justice, of Chester, for Petitioner. Acting Deputy Chief Attorney Wanda H. Carter, of Office of Appellate Defense, of Columbia, for Respondent.

The Court of Appeals vacated Respondent’s conviction for criminal domestic violence of a high and aggravated nature, holding the circuit court lacked subject matter jurisdiction due to a deficient indictment which could not be amended pursuant to the State’s pretrial motion. The Supreme Court granted the State’s petition for a writ of certiorari to review whether the Court of Appeals erred in vacating the conviction.

Assistant Appellate Defender Eleanor Duffy Cleary, of Office of Appellate Defense, of Columbia, for Appellant. Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka and Assistant Attorney General Melody J. Brown, all of Columbia, and Solicitor Robert M. Ariail, of Greenville, for Respondent.

This is a death-penalty case. The issue is whether Appellant’s Fourteenth Amendment right to notice of the nature of the charges against him was violated because the indictments charging him with murder did not include the aggravating circumstances that supported elevation of his sentence.

Bryan D. Ramey, of Piedmont, and John S. Nichols, Bluestein & Nichols, of Columbia, for Plaintiffs. John Robert Murphy and Adam J. Neil, both of Murphy and Grantland, P.A., of Columbia, for Defendant.

In this matter, the federal district court certified the following question regarding underinsured motorist (UIM) coverage to the Supreme Court: Does S.C. Code Ann. Section 38-77-350(B) (2002) require the named insured to personally fill in the blanks as well as to sign the UIM offer form in order to properly complete and execute the UIM offer form?

William Oglesby Sweeny, III, and William Roberts Calhoun, Jr., both of Sweeny, Wingate & Barrow, PA, of Columbia, for Defendant-Appellant. John Calhoun Land, IV, of Land, Parker & Welch, PA, of Manning, for Plaintiff-Appellee. Timothy A. Domin and Michael B. McCall, II, both of Clawson & Staubes, LLC, of Charleston, for Amicus Curiae, State Farm Insurance Companies.

Kathy M. Thompson was fatally injured when her husband, Gregory A. Thompson, was unloading two shotguns from the pickup truck she was occupying, and one of the shotguns accidentally discharged. The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has certified the following question to the Supreme Court: Did Kathy Thompson’s fatal injury arise out of the “ownership, maintenance, or use” of a motor vehicle pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. Section 38-77-140 (2002)?

Jennifer J. Miller and James G. Carpenter, both of Carpenter Law Firm, of Greenville, for Appellant. Thornwell F. Sowell, III, of Sowell, Gray, Stepp & Laffitte, L.L.C., of Columbia, for Respondents.

This case involves the issues of whether the trial court erred in granting summary judgment to a defendant of a FOIA claim and whether the plaintiff has standing to bring the action.

Jack B. Swerling, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General Charles H. Richardson, Senior Assistant Attorney General Harold M. Coombs, Jr., all of Columbia, and Solicitor John R. Justice, of Chester, for Respondent.

The Court granted a writ of certiorari to review State v. Rayfield, 357 S.C. 497, 593 S.E.2d 486 (Ct. App. 2004). The issues are: (1) whether the Court of Appeals erred in holding that the circuit court committed harmless error in granting the State’s Batson motion and redrawing the petit jury; and (2) whether the Court of Appeals erred in holding that the circuit court committed no error in charging the jury.

John William Ray, of Greenville, for Appellant. David Kent Snyder, of Columbia, and Christian E. Boesl, of Collins and Lacy, of Columbia, for Respondent.

The issues in this case are: (1) whether an order quashing a subpoena duces tecum issued to a nonparty prior to the commencement of enforcement of the judgment is immediately appealable; (2) whether the lower court erred in granting Respondent’s Motion to Quash on the ground that the discovery was improper under Rule 69, SCRCP; and (3) whether the lower court erred in granting Respondent’s Motion to Quash on the ground that the attorney-client privilege applies.

Assistant Appellate Defender Robert M. Dudek, of Office of Appellate Defense, 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 Jeffrey A. Jacobs and Solicitor Warren Blair Giese, all of Columbia, for Respondent.

Weston was convicted of murdering his 78-year old mother, whose body was never found. He appeals raising numerous evidentiary issues, and contending he was entitled to a directed verdict.

John D. Elliott, and Timothy D. Harbeson, both of Columbia, for Appellant. Victoria L. Eslinger and Dennis J. Lynch, both of Nexsen Pruet Adams Kleemeier, LLC, of Columbia, for Respondents.

This adoption case involves the issues of whether the family court has subject matter jurisdiction to determine the validity of the challenged adoption and whether the claim of fraudulent inducement in consenting to the adoption was adequately pled.

Assistant Appellate Defender Robert M. Dudek, of Office of Appellate Defense, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka, Assistant Attorney General Derrick K. McFarland, and Solicitor Warren Blair Giese, all of Columbia, for Respondent.

The petitioner was convicted of murder and possession of a weapon by a person convicted of a violent crime. He was sentenced to life without parole. The Court of Appeals affirmed. The sole issue on appeal is whether the trial court erred in admitting the petitioner’s prior firearms convictions.

Teresa L. Norris, William Norman Nettles, and Office of Appellate Defense, all of Columbia, for Petitioner. Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka and Senior Assistant Attorney General William Edgar Salter, III, all of Columbia, for Respondent.

This case is on remand to determine the impact of Florida v. Nixon on this Court’s pervious opinion.

Eduardo K. Curry, Carl B. Grant, both of Curry, Curry & Counts, PA, of Charleston, and Jayne G. Helm, of Mt. Pleasant, for Appellants. J. Rene Josey, of Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney, P.A., of Florence, for Respondent McLeod Regional Medical Center. Robert H. Hood, D. Nathan Hughey, and Deborah H. Sheffield, all of Hood Law Firm, of Charleston, for Respondents Pee Dee Pathology and Dr. H.K. Habermeir. Mark W. Buyck, Jr., of Willcox, Buyck & Williams, PA, of Florence, for Respondents Dr. Kent Brusett and Pee Dee Cardiovascular Surgeons.

Rehearing of case dealing with sufficiency of expert affidavits in a lawsuit for medical malpractice. Willie Mae David (Appellant) appeals the trial court’s order granting summary judgment in favor of Respondents.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Charles H. Richardson, all of Columbia, and Solicitor Harold W. Gowdy, III, of Spartanburg, for Petitioner. William G. Rhoden, of Winter and Rhoden, of Gaffney, for Respondent.

This case involves the issue of whether a defendant has standing to challenge the identification of an alleged accomplice in an in camera hearing.

Larry G. Reddeck, of Nettles, Turbeville & Reddeck, of Lake City, for Petitioner. W. E. Jenkinson, III, and Ernest J. Jarrett, both of Jenkinson, Jarrett and Kellahan, of Kingstree, for Respondents.

The Court granted certiorari to consider an en banc Court of Appeals’ decision construing former §33-35-90.