BEAUFORT (AP) A former South Carolina lawmaker avoided prison Feb. 12 when a judge sentenced him to two years on probation for his guilty plea to a misdemeanor corruption charge. Former state Rep. Rick Quinn Jr. was also fined $1,000 ...
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Read More »U.S. v. Fitzgerald (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-080-16, 16 pp.) (Traxler, J.) No. 14-4795, April 27, 2016; USDC at Baltimore, Md. (Russell, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: A defendant who was assured by the district court that he was not waiving his ...
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Read More »U.S. v. Williams (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-023-16, 11 pp.) (Wynn, J.) No. 14-4680, Jan. 28, 2016; USDC at Florence, S.C. (Harwell, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: A defendant who pleaded guilty to cocaine conspiracy and was sentenced to 120 months in ...
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Read More »ANDERSON (AP) — A man has pleaded guilty in the shooting death of a man in a parking lot in Anderson more than a year ago. The Anderson Independent Mail reported (http://bit.ly/1D5g2ML ) that 20-year-old Christian Lopez pleaded guilty Thursday ...
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Read More »CHARLESTON — A man has pleaded guilty to sending a letter threatening to kill a U.S. District judge in Charleston. The Post and Courier of Charleston reported that 27-year-old Mario Dominic Brown pleaded guilty Wednesday to mailing threatening communications. Federal ...
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Read More »AIKEN (AP) — A 26-year-old man has pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and attempted murder in the 2012 shooting death of an Aiken man. The Aiken Standard reported Wednesday that Circuit Judge Garrison Hill sentenced Morris Dorch to 15 years ...
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Read More »A Summerville man has been sentenced to 55 years in prison for the shooting deaths of two women in Berkeley County two years ago.
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Read More »An Anderson County man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for setting his 61-year-old mother on fire.
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Read More »Taxpayers are again being denied details about a South Carolina sheriff who pleaded guilty to wrongdoing.
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Read More »A Florida developer has pleaded guilty to his role in an alleged kickback scheme involving a former trustee at South Carolina State University.
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