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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.
Monday, November 30, 2009 | |
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4868 Sara Mae Robinson, Mary Ann Campbell, James Scott, Ellis Scott, William Scott, Shirley Pinckney Hughes, Julius Steven Brown, Leon Brown, Annabell Brown, Loretta Ladson, Kathleen Brown, Mozelle B. Rembert, Patricia Frickling, Ruth Mitchell, Gwendolyn Dunn, Angela Hamilton, Geraldine Jameson, Remus Prioleau, Julius Prioleau, Anthony Prioleau, Judy Brown, Franklin Brown, Kathy Young, Kenneth Prioleau, Willis Jameson, Melvin Pinckney, William "Alonzie" Pinckney, Ruth Russell, Hattie Wilson, Marie Watson, Gloria Becoat, Angela T. Burnett and Lawrence Redmond, Petitioners, v. The Estate of Eloise Pinckney Harris, Jerome C. Harris, a Personal Representative and sole heir and devisee of the Estate of Eloise P. Harris, Daniel Duggan, Mark F. Teseniar, Nan M. Teseniar, David Savage, Lisa M. Shogry-Savage, Debbie S. Dinovo, Martine A. Hutton, The Converse Company, LLC, Judy Pinckney Singleton, Mary Leavy, Michelle Davis, Leroy Brisbane, Frances Brisbane, and John Doe, Jane Doe, Richard Roe, and Mary Roe, who are fictitious names representing all unknown persons and the heirs at law or devisees of the following deceased persons known as Simeon B. Pinckney, Isabella Pinckney, Alex Pinckney, Mary Pinckney, Samuel James Pinckney, Rebecca Riley Pinckney, James H. Pinckney, William Brown, Sara Pinckney, Julia H. Pinckney, Laura Riley Pinckney Heyward, Herbert Pinckney, Ellis Pinckney, Jannie Gathers, Robert Seabrook, Annie Haley Pinckney, Lillian Pinckney Seabrook, Simeon B. Pinckney, Jr., Matthew G. Pinckney, Mary Riley, John Riley, Richard Riley, Daniel McLeod and all other persons unknown claiming any right title, estate, interest, or lien upon the real estate tracts described in the Complaint therein, Defendants, of whom Daniel Duggan is Respondent. Walter Bilbro, Jr., Donald Higgins Howe, of Howe and Wyndham, and George Morris, all of Charleston, for Petitioners. Louis H. Lang, of Callison Tighe & Robinson, of Columbia, for Respondent. Charles Feeley, of Summerville, Guardian Ad Litem.
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4869 The State, Respondent, v. Lawrence Tucker, Petitioner. Appellate Defender Kathrine H. Hudgins, of South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, Senior Assistant Attorney General Norman Mark Rapoport, Assistant Attorney General Mark R. Farthing, all of Columbia, and Solicitor David Michael Pascoe, Jr., of Orangeburg, for Respondent. This Court granted Lawrence Marcus Tucker’s petition for a writ of certiorari to review the decision of the Court of Appeals in State v. Tucker, 376 S.C. 412, 656 S.E.2d 403 (Ct. App. 2008), in which the Court of Appeals affirmed Tucker’s plea of guilty involving an alleged violation of the Interstate Agreement on Detainers Act.
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4870 In the Matter of Charles E. Johnson, Respondent. Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster and Senior Assistant Attorney General James G. Bogle, Jr., both of Columbia, for Office of Disciplinary Counsel. Joseph Henry, of Columbia, for Respondent.
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Tuesday, December 1, 2009 | |
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4871 James W. Dickert, Appellant/Respondent, v. Carolyn H. Dickert, Respondent/Appellant. Kenneth C. Porter, of Porter & Rosenfeld, and David A. Wilson, of Horton, Drawdy, Ward & Jenkins, both of Greenville, for Appellant/Respondent. Timothy E. Madden and Megan G. Sandefur, both of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, of Greenville, for Respondent/Appellant. Both parties appealed the family court’s Order granting a divorce. Husband contends enterprise goodwill was wrongfully included in the equitable distribution of marital property, Wife received excessive alimony, and the award of attorney’s fees was excessive. Wife contends the family court should have apportioned more than 45% of the marital property to her and the family court should have awarded more than $8,600 per month in periodic alimony.
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4872 The State, Respondent, v. Christopher Lee Pride, Petitioner. Acting Chief Appellate Defender Robert M. Dudek, of South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense, of Columbia, and Fletcher Smith, Jr., of Greenville, for Petitioner. Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, Senior Assistant Attorney General Harold M. Coombs, Jr., all of Columbia, and Solicitor Kevin Scott Brackett, of York, for Respondent The issue in this case is whether the Court of Appeals erred in affirming the trial court’s decision that petitioner waived his right to counsel by his conduct.
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4874 In the Matter of James Craig Murray, Respondent. Disciplinary Counsel Lesley M. Coggiola and Deputy Disciplinary Counsel Barbara M. Seymour, both of Columbia, for Office of Disciplinary Counsel. Desa Ballard, of West Columbia, for Respondent.
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4862 John Doe, Respondent, v. Jane Roe, Petitioner. Emma Isabelle Bryson, of Baker, Ravenel & Bender, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Holly Huggins Wall, of Johnsonville, for Respondent. Patricia Lynn Forbis, of Columbia, for Guardian Ad Litem. The issue in this case is whether the Court of Appeals erred in reversing the family court’s decision to terminate Father’s parental rights.
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Wednesday, December 2, 2009 | |
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4875 ORAL ARGUMENT CANCELLED - Macksey Johnson, Employee, Petitioner, v. Beauty Unlimited Landscape Co., Employer, and Selective Way Insurance Co., Carrier, Respondents. Steven E. Goldberg and J. Kevin Holmes, both of The Steinberg Law Firm, of Charleston, for Petitioner. Benjamin M. Renfrow, of Wilson, Jones, Carter and Baxley, of Greenville, for Respondent. In this workers compensation matter, the Court granted a writ of certiorari to review the Court of Appeals' opinion.
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4876 The State, Respondent, v. Garry L. Valentine, Appellant. Appellate Defender M. Cecelia Robinson, 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 Deborah R.J. Shupe, all of Columbia, and Solicitor John Gregory Hembree, of Conway, for Respondent. The issue in this direct appeal is whether the trial judge properly upheld the State’s chain of custody.
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Cases to be Submitted Without Oral Argument | |
Ernest Sibert, Respondent, v. State of South Carolina, Petitioner. |
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Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott and Assistant Attorney General Karen C. Ratigan, all of Columbia, for Petitioner. Deputy Chief Appellate Defender Wanda H. Carter, of South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense, of Columbia, for Respondent. |
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Deral Lamont Stanley, Petitioner, v. State of South Carolina, Respondent. |
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Appellate Defender Robert M. Pachak, of South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott and Assistant Attorney General Christina J. Catoe, all of Columbia, for Respondent. |
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Jamone Boulware, Respondent, v. State of South Carolina, Petitioner. |
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Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott and Assistant Attorney General Brian T. Petrano, all of Columbia, for Petitioner. Robert M. P. Masella, and Reynolds H. Blankenship, Jr., of Walker & Reibold, both of Columbia, for Respondent. |