Even though a defendant argued his public defender had a conflict of interest because her boss at the PD’s office represented a witness set to testify against him, the South Carolina Court of Appeals found no conflict. Nathaniel Wright was ...

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COLUMBIA (AP) A doctor charged with involuntary manslaughter wants to return to work now that his medical license is restored, the physician’s attorney said. The State of Columbia reports that the S.C. Board of Medical Examiners suspended the license of hip ...

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The South Carolina Supreme Court has reinstated a man’s murder conviction, overturning an appeals court decision that the trial jury should have received instructions on a voluntary manslaughter charge. Richard Bill Niles Jr.’s was sentenced to 35 years after being ...

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CONWAY (AP) — A Galivants Ferry has been sentenced to 12 years in prison in the stabbing death of a man on Christmas Eve back in 2013. The Sun News of Myrtle Beach reports (http://bit.ly/1yi5DbG ) that 56-year-old Connie Louise ...

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A Spartanburg County man has been sentenced to 40 years in prison after admitting he fatally beat an acquaintance with a brick while robbing him.

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SPARTANBURG (AP) — A Spartanburg County woman has been convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of her husband nearly four years ago. The Herald-Journal of Spartanburg reported that a jury on Thursday returned the guilty verdict against Caroline ...

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A Bluffton tow-truck driver charged with manslaughter is expected to go to trial this fall after an appeals court ruled he is not immune from prosecution.

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U.S. v. Smith A driver’s conviction of involuntary manslaughter in the death of her passenger in a one-car accident on a National Park Service parkway is affirmed by the 4th Circuit, based on evidence of her conduct and her blood alcohol content after the accident.

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State v. Frazier Where defendant’s evidence showed that he shot back at the car from which he was being fired upon, he was entitled to a jury instruction on self-defense but not on voluntary manslaughter.

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State v. Hawes Even though evidence of mutual violence between defendant and his wife weighs against application of S.C. Code Ann. § 16-25-90 (early parole eligibility for a domestic violence victim convicted of an offense against the perpetrator of the domestic violence), the mutual nature of the violence is merely one factor the court should consider...

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