A South Carolina magistrate crashed head-on into a truck and has been charged with his second driving under the influence offense. Magistrate Jacob Gillens, 70, of Eutawville was charged with first-offense driving under the influence with a blood alcohol concentration ...
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A kidnapping victim’s two DUI convictions were properly withheld from a jury despite the assailant’s efforts to have them offered as impeachment evidence, the South Carolina Court of Appeals has ruled. The court also ruled that the kidnapper’s name ...
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Read More »Court records say a South Carolina school district’s superintendent has been charged with DUI. News outlets cite the Greenville County records as saying Cherokee County School District Superintendent Quincie Moore was charged Sunday with DUI. Records show she was released ...
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The words “Final Order,” written in the caption of a court order, does not a final order make, the South Carolina Supreme Court held June 27. In Spalt v. South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles, a unanimous high court ...
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Read More »GAFFNEY (AP) Prosecutors say a South Carolina woman charged with DUI in a crash that killed one person and seriously injured another has been sentenced to 15 years in prison and five years of probation. Seventh Circuit Solicitor Barry Barnette of ...
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Read More »CHARLESTON (AP) A South Carolina man is charged with driving under the influence after authorities say he crashed into a highway patrol vehicle that was stopped on the side of an interstate. Multiple media organizations report that 27-year-old Michael Hazel ...
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Read More »State v. Reece (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-009-18, 5 pp.) (Per Curiam) Appealed from Pickens County Circuit Court (Letitia Verdin, J.) S.C. App. Unpub. Holding: The state’s evidence from a forensic toxicologist, an accident reconstructionist, and law enforcement showed that defendant ...
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A South Carolina federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit accusing the Santee Police Department of turning a blind eye to drunken driving incidents as part of a scheme to lower the town’s crime rate.
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Read More »It’s official: If you are driving a moped while under the influence of drugs or alcohol, your days are numbered. Certainly, scooting under the influence was never OK or something we here at Lawyers Weekly would recommend, but thanks to ...
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A federal lawsuit can move forward against a South Carolina trooper accused of lying about a tip that led to the drunken driving arrest of a Cheraw police detective, who subsequently killed himself. U.S. District Judge Bruce Hendricks ruled that ...
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