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Tuesday, May 21, 2024
Supreme Court Courtroom
09:30 a.m.
2022-000894 Josie M. Bostick, Respondent, v. Earl A. Bostick, Sr., Petitioner.
J. Michael Taylor, of Taylor Porterfield, of Columbia; H. Grady Brown and Bridget Hillebrand Norton, of Beaufort, all for Petitioner. John Ryd Bush Long, of John R. B. Long, P.C., of Augusta, GA, for Respondent.
10:30 a.m. (Time Limits: 15-15-5)
2023-000601 The State, Respondent, v. Jason Edwin Stoots, Petitioner.
Appellate Defender Kathrine Haggard Hudgins, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Mark Reynolds Farthing, both of Columbia, for Respondent.
We granted a petition for a writ of certiorari to review the court of appeals' opinion in State v. Stoots, Op. No. 2023-UP-051 (S.C. Ct. App. filed Feb. 8, 2023). Stoots was convicted of second-degree domestic violence, and he argues the trial court erred by declining to charge the jury on self-defense and accident. The court of appeals affirmed his conviction.
Wednesday, May 22, 2024
Supreme Court Courtroom
09:30 a.m.
2022-001147 U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, as successor to U.S. Bank Trust National Association, as Trustee, for Conseco Finance Home Equity Loan Trust 2001-C, Respondent, v. Frances L. Mack n/k/a Frances L. Mack-Marion, Appellant.
M. McMullen Taylor, of Riley Pope & Laney, LLC, of Columbia, for Respondent. Andrew Sims Radeker, of Harrison, Radeker & Smith, P.A., of Columbia, for Appellant.
10:30 a.m. (Time Limits: 15-15-5)
2022-001710 In the Matter of the Care and Treatment of Ronald MJ Gregg, Respondent.
Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Deborah R.J. Shupe, both of Columbia, for Petitioner. Appellate Defender David Alexander, of Columbia, for Respondent.
The Court granted a writ of certiorari to review the court of appeals' decision in In re Care & Treatment of Gregg, Op. No. 2022-UP-336 (S.C. Ct. App. filed Aug. 10, 2022).
11:30 a.m. (Time Limits: 15-15-5)
2022-001263 The State, Petitioner, v. Olandio R. Workman, Respondent.
Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Assistant Attorney General Joshua Abraham Edwards, both of Columbia; and Solicitor W. Walter Wilkins, III, of Greenville, all for Petitioner. Appellate Defender Kathrine Haggard Hudgins, of Columbia, for Respondent.
We granted the State's petition for a writ of certiorari to review the court of appeals' decision in State v. Workman, 437 S.C. 62, 876 S.E.2d 151 (Ct. App. 2022) reversing Respondent Olandio Workman's conviction for criminal domestic violence of a high and aggravated nature. The Court will determine whether Workman was prejudiced by the trial court's incomplete instruction on the lesser included offense of first-degree domestic violence.
Thursday, May 23, 2024
Supreme Court Courtroom
09:30 a.m. (Time Limits: 15-15-5)
2022-001498 Justin Ryan Cone, Petitioner, v. State of South Carolina, Respondent.
Appellate Defender Jessica M. Saxon, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson, Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka, and Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Melody Jane Brown, all of Columbia, for Respondent.
We granted Cone's petition for a writ of certiorari to review the court of appeals' decision in Cone v. State, Op. No. 2022-UP-323 (S.C. Ct. App. filed Aug. 3, 2022). We will determine whether the court of appeals erred in finding unpreserved Cone's argument that the trial court erred in allowing the State to argue a victim's testimony need not be corroborated pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-657.
10:30 a.m.
2022-001495 Pinnacle Bank, as successor in interest to Bank of North Carolina, previous successor in interest to Harbor National Bank, Respondent, v. Anthony Whitfield and Cindy Whitfield, Petitioner. AND Anthony Whitfield, Counterclaimant, v. David Swanson, Counterclaim Defendant, Of whom, Anthony Whitfield is the Petitioner and David Swanson is the Respondent.
Jesse Sanchez, Brent Souther Halversen, Daniel Scott Slotchiver, and Andrew Joseph McCumber, all of Mount Pleasant, for Petitioner. David W. Overstreet, Michael B. McCall, and Steven Raymond Kropski, of Earhart Overstreet, LLC, of Charleston, all for Respondent.