M. Richardson Hyman, Jr., of Charleston and Peter G. McGrath, of Mt. Pleasant, for Petitioners. Michael W. Sautter and Nicholas J. Brausch, both of Query Sautter & Associates, LLC, of Charleston, for Respondents.

In this probate matter, the Court is asked to determine whether the court of appeals properly dismissed Petitioners' appeal of a circuit court's order for lack of finality.

G. Hamlin O'Kelley III, of Buist, Byars & Taylor, LLC, of Mt. Pleasant, for Petitioners. Ainsley F. Tillman and Ian S. Ford, both of Ford Wallace Thomson, LLC, of Charleston, for Respondents.

The Court granted a writ of certiorari to review the court of appeals' decision in Ralph v. McLaughlin, 428 S.C.320, 834 S.E.2d 213 (Ct. App. 2019).

Attorney General Alan Wilson, Senior Assistant Attorney General Mark R. Farthing, of Columbia and Solicitor of the Fourteenth Judicial Circuit, Isaac McDuffie Stone, III, of Bluffton, for the Petitioner. Chief Appellate Defender Robert M. Dudek, of Columbia, for the Respondent.

Joseph Bowers was convicted of voluntary manslaughter, assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime. The Court granted a writ of certiorari to review the court of appeals' decision. State v. Bowers, 428 S.C. 21, 832 S.E.2d 623 (Ct. App. 2019). The Court will determine whether the court of appeals erred by reversing Bowers' convictions on the basis the trial court's jury instruction on mutual combat was prejudicial.