South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Supreme Court In the Matter of Cooper C. Lynn, Respondent. Appellate Case No. 2023-000028 Opinion No. 28140 Submitted February 23, 2023 – Filed March 15, 2023 DISBARRED Disciplinary Counsel John S. Nichols and ...

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The Charleston Group, one of the largest minority-owned law firms in the southeastern United States, has announced that President Joe Biden has appointed one of its attorneys, Steve Benjamin, as senior advisor and director of the Office of Public Engagement.  ...

On his last shift before a day off, the defendant-police officer responded to a domestic disturbance call, took statements from both participants, was unable to determine who was the primary aggressor, submitted his warrant applications and incident report to the ...

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Separate conduct supported the district court’s sentencing enhancements for (1) assaulting a law enforcement officer, U.S.S.C. § 3A1.2(c)(1) and (2) recklessly creating a substantial risk of death or serious bodily injury while fleeing, § 3C1.2. The § 3A1.2(c)(1) enhancement was ...

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In December 2011, appellant’s sisters filed an action to partition real property they owned with appellant; the partition order was filed on July 19, 2013; this court remitted appellant’s appeal from the partition case on March 10, 2014; respondent Hammel ...

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Where the State of Ohio terminated the parental rights of then four-year-old plaintiff’s biological parents, the state took on an affirmative constitutional duty not to make a foster placement that was deliberately indifferent to plaintiff’s right to personal safety and ...

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When defendant pled guilty, he knowingly and voluntarily waived his Sixth Amendment right to a jury trial; consequently, S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-20(B) (“If trial by jury has been waived by the defendant and the State, or if the defendant ...

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Even though the guardian ad litem testified that the children were more comfortable with the defendant-Father and more stressed at the home of the plaintiff-Mother and their stepfather, since the children were thriving physically, mentally, socially, and academically while under ...

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In the contract pursuant to which the plaintiff-buyers bought a home from the defendant-builder, the final two sentences of the arbitration provision unconscionably shorten the limitation period for claims from three years to either 90 or 30 days, depending upon ...

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S.C. Code Ann. § 12-36-2110(A)(1) caps sales tax at $300 for the sale of a “motor vehicle,” but the statute does not define “motor vehicle.” The clear language of § 12-36-2110(A) does not restrict or condition the sales tax exemption ...

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