A simple typo or misinterpretation of a judge’s handwriting could cost the state of South Carolina thousands of dollars when an inmate is held longer than sentenced.  In 2019, the South Carolina Department of Corrections reported that errors in ...

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BEAUFORT (AP) A South Carolina man has been sentenced to life in prison in the shooting death of a man and the kidnapping of the victim’s friend. The Associated Press reported Tyrone Anthony Wallace Jr. of St. Helena Island was ...

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An appellant seeking habeas relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 satisfied the requirements of the law’s savings clause because a retroactive change in 4th Circuit law – occurring after the time for direct appeal and the filing of his first ...

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AIKEN (AP) A South Carolina man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison in a hit and run that killed two transportation department employees. Court records in Aiken show that 30-year-old Lonnie Dean Miller of Clearwater recently pleaded guilty ...

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COLUMBIA(AP) Sentencing is set next week for a former South Carolina lawmaker who has pleaded guilty to charges in an investigation of corruption at the Statehouse. The sentencing of former Lexington Rep. Rick Quinn by Circuit Judge Carmen Mullen is ...

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Robinson v. State (Lawyers Weekly No. 010-010-18, 9 pp.) (John Kittredge, Acting Chief Justice) (Donald Beatty, C.J., not participating) Appealed from Greenville County (Perry Gravely, PCR Judge) S.C. S. Ct. Holding: Between the time of petitioner’s alleged offense (first-degree criminal ...

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Bowman v. State (Lawyers Weekly No. 010-008-18, 21 pp.) (Donald Beatty, C.J.) Appealed from Dorchester County (James Lockemy, Post-Conviction Relief Judge) S.C. S. Ct. Holding: This court has long held that evidence in the sentencing phase of a capital trial ...

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United States v. Blue (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-216-17, 13 pp.) (Roger Gregory, C.J.) 16-4537; Dec. 12, 2017; USDC at Greensboro, N.C. Holding: In imposing a within-Guidelines sentence on defendant for armed robbery and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence, the ...

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United States v. Thompson (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-192-17, 10 pp.) (Diana Gribbon Motz, J.) 15-4685; Oct. 26, 2017; USDC at Raleigh, N.C. (W. Earl Britt, S.J.) 4th Cir. Holding: Under Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015), when ...

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United States v. Zuk (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-191-17, 26 pp.) (Paul Niemeyer, J.) 16-4727; Oct. 24, 2017; USDC at Statesville, N.C. (Richard Voorhees, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: The trial judge abused his discretion when, based almost entirely on consideration of ...

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