Crittenden v. Florence School District One (Lawyers Weekly No. 002-065-17, 13 pp.) (R. Bryan Harwell, J.) 4:16-cv-02014; D.S.C. Holding: Where the plaintiff-parent alleges that the defendant-school district did not have adequate training and procedures in place to handle students with ...

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Amisub of South Carolina, Inc. v. South Carolina Department of Health & Environmental Control (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-008-17, 6 pp.) (Per Curiam) Appealed from the Administrative Law Court (S. Phillip Lenski, ALJ) S.C. App. Unpub. Holding: On appeal, appellant Charlotte-Mecklenburg ...

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State v. Hughes (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-006-17, 11 pp.) (Stephanie McDonald, J.) Appealed from Greenville County Circuit Court (J. Michael Baxley, J.) S.C. App. Holding: As in our Supreme Court’s recent case, State v. Beaty, (Op. No. 27693, filed Dec. ...

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Gonzales v. State (Lawyers Weekly No. 010-004-17, 9 pp.) (Costa Pleicones, Acting Justice) Appealed from Spartanburg County (Roger Couch, PCR Judge) On writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals. S.C. S. Ct. Holding: Regardless of whether or not petitioner’s ...

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Chisolm v. United States (Lawyers Weekly No. 002-224-16, 5 pp.) (Patrick Michael Duffy, J.) 9:00-cr-00263; D.S.C. Holding: Even though Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015), declared part of the Armed Career Criminal Act’s definition of “violent felony” ...

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State v. Julio Hunsberger (Lawyers Weekly No. 010-082-16, 7 pp.) (Costa Pleicones, C.J.) (Jean Hoefer Toal, Acting Justice, joined by John Kittredge, J., dissenting) Appealed from Edgefield County Circuit Court (R. Knox McMahon, J.) On writ of certiorari to the ...

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State v. Mazique (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-090-16, 14 pp.) (Paul Short Jr., J.) Appealed from Horry County Circuit Court (Edward Cottingham, J.) S.C. App. Holding: Although defendant told the court that he no longer wanted his attorney to represent him, ...

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State v. Hunsberger (Lawyers Weekly No. 010-078-16, 23 pp.) (Costa Pleicones, C.J.) (Jean Hoefer Toal, Acting Justice, joined by John Kittredge, J., dissenting) Appealed from Edgefield County Circuit Court (Clifton Newman, J.) On writ of certiorari to the Court of ...

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Carolina Convenience Stores, Inc. v. City of Spartanburg (Lawyers Weekly No. 010-070-16, 10 pp.) (Costa Pleicones, C.J.) (Donald Beatty, J., concurring in the result only without separate opinion) (John Kittredge & Kaye Hearn, JJ., dissenting in separate opinions) Appealed from ...

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Brown v. City of Georgetown (Lawyers Weekly No. 002-161-16, 11 pp.) (David Norton, J.) 2:15-cv-02353; D.S.C. Holding: Although plaintiff alleges that the defendant-city issued him building permits that infringed on the city’s drainage easement, since plaintiff cannot articulate any constitutional ...

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