A former member of the board that oversees South Carolina highways will have to stay in jail until a federal court hearing to determine if he violated probation when authorities say he tried to hire a prostitute. Prosecutors said John ...

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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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That which a district court judge called “murky” is crystal clear now, thanks to a 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision that establishes reasonable suspicion as the standard needed under the Fourth Amendment for arresting a probationer. Until the ...

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Jones v. Chandrasuwan (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-079-16, 23 pp.) (Floyd, J.) No. 15-1110, April  28, 2016; USDC at Greensboro, N.C. (Osteen, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: Probation officers must have “reasonable suspicion” in order to arrest a person for a probation ...

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COLUMBIA — Former South Carolina House Speaker Bobby Harrell avoided jail time but lost the House seat he has held for more than 20 years after he pleaded guilty Thursday to six campaign finance violations. Harrell’s plea deal dropped misconduct ...

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State v. Blakney (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-102-14, 14 pp.) (John Geathers, J.) (John Few, Ch. J., dissenting) Appealed from Richland County Circuit Court (G. Thomas Cooper Jr., & Brooks Goldsmith, JJ.) S.C. App. Holding: Even though all but 30 months ...

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ORANGEBURG (AP) — South Carolina State University’s accreditation status has been downgraded. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission of Colleges said Thursday the Orangeburg school has been placed on probation. It had been warned last year. The association ...

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SPARTANBURG (AP) — A Greenville woman has been sentenced to home detention and probation for a 2012 crash that killed a man. The Herald-Journal of Spartanburg reported that 55-year-old Patricia Wood Norton pleaded guilty Monday to felony driving under the ...

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In re Allmon (Lawyers Weekly No. 010-010-14, 3 pp.) (Per Curiam) S.C. S. Ct. Holding: In a last-minute deal with a developer who owed him substantial legal fees, the respondent-attorney falsely represented on closing documents that the attorney’s wife had ...

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A novel ruling from the S.C. Supreme Court allows sex offenders to complete their probation at the same time they are in a treatment program for violent predators under a civil commitment – meaning they could be released back into the community unsupervised.

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