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Tuesday, March 31, 2026
Presbyterian College
2024-001429
Antoinet Moore, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of David J. Wilson, Appellant, v. Green's Grocery, LLC, and Mahmoud A. Yousef, Respondents.
Blake Terence Williams, Yasmeen Ebbini, and Morgan Blake Thompson, all of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP, of Columbia, for Appellant. Mark V. Gende and Ryan C. Holt, both of Sweeny Wingate & Barrow, PA, of Columbia, for Respondents.
The Court will consider whether derivative immunity exists under the Protection of Persons and Property Act to protect certain third parties from liability in separate civil actions. See S.C. Code Ann. § 16-11-410 to -450 (2015).
2025-001215
The State, Petitioner, v. Tirik Jaquan Johnson-Epps, Respondent.
Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson, Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka, Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Melody Jane Brown and Assistant Attorney General William Joseph Maye, of Columbia; and Solicitor Edgar Lewis Clements, III, of Florence, for Petitioner. Appellate Defender Jessica M. Saxon, of Columbia, for Respondent.
In these consolidated cases, the Court will consider whether the trial court committed reversible error in refusing to individually poll the jury of its verdict immediately upon the defendants' request.
2025-001214
The State, Petitioner, v. Quinterris Javon Carmichael, Respondent.
Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson, Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka, Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Melody Jane Brown and Assistant Attorney General William Joseph Maye, of Columbia; and Solicitor Edgar Lewis Clements, III, of Florence, for Petitioner. Appellate Defender Joanna Katherine Delany, of Columbia, for Respondent.
In these consolidated cases, the Court will consider whether the trial court committed reversible error in refusing to individually poll the jury of its verdict immediately upon the defendants' request.