State v. Davis (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-017-18, 12 pp.) (Paul Short Jr., J.) Appealed from Oconee County Circuit Court (R. Lawton McIntosh, J.) S.C. App. Holding: Even though the owner of the burgled dwelling had moved into a nursing home ...

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A bungling bandit took several bullets to the buttocks after targeting the wrong house in Spartanburg. The homeowner’s 24-year-old daughter popped four 9 mm caps into Samuel Jeter’s rear after he broke into their home and demanded money, according to ...

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Castendet-Lewis v. Sessions (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-092-17, 20 pp.) (King, J.) No. 15-2484, April 25, 2017; On Petition for Review; 4th Cir. Holding: Even though the Department of Homeland Services cancelled a removal order to deport petitioner to Panama, the ...

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U.S. v. White (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-142-16, 25 pp.) (Wynn, J.) No. 15-4096, Sept. 9, 2016; USDC at Charleston, W.Va. (Johnston, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: A defendant convicted of firearm possession as a felon cannot be sentenced as an armed ...

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U.S. v. Linney (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-074-16, 16 pp.) (Wilkinson, J.) No. 14-4847, April 26, 2016; USDC at Statesville, N.C. (Voorhees, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: A district court did not err in determining that, during a two-day crime spree, defendant ...

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State v. Bennett (Lawyers Weekly No. 010-004-16, 5 pp.) (Kaye Hearn, J.) Appealed from Spartanburg County Circuit Court (John Hayes III, J.) On writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals. S.C. S. Ct. Holding: On review of the trial ...

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GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina man faces burglary and other charges after authorities say he tried to rob the home of Greenville’s police chief. Multiple media outlets reported that 22-year-old Prentice Demarcus Grant is charged with burglary and ...

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State v. Brown (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-095-15, 16 pp.) (Paula Thomas, J.) (Aphrodite Konduros, J., dissenting) Appealed from Charleston County Circuit Court (J. C. Nicholson Jr., J.) S.C. App. Holding: A cellphone was found at the scene of a burglarized ...

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Recently in Rock Hill, two would-be thieves put to shame the old adage “nerves of a cat burglar” when they were frightened off by a homeowner who told them to leave. The homeowner: a 73-year-old woman. According to The (Rock ...

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U.S. v. Avila (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-185-14, 17 pp.) (Agee, J.) No. 13-4606, Nov. 4, 2014; USDC at Statesville, N.C. (Voorhees, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: The 4th Circuit upholds a 37-month sentence on defendant’s guilty plea to illegal reentry, enhanced ...

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