South Carolina Fourth Amendment Law
Michael Moshoures v. City of North Myrtle Beach, et al.
Florence, South Carolina civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff challenging city ordinance.<br> <br> A city ordinance makes it a crime "to broadcast obscene, profane or vulgar language from any commercial property†above certain volumes at certain times. A bar owner sued, arguing the ordinance violates the First Amendment. This appeal involves only the portion of the ordinance restric... More...
$0 (03-13-2025 - SC)United States of America v. quadree Shakur Mayers, a/k/a Speedy
Columbia, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with four drug distribution offenses and two firearmoffenses, including possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon, in<br> violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1), 924(a)(2), (e).<br> <br> Mayers challenged his conviction for felon-in-possession, the Fourt Circuit court<br> recently held, post-Br... More...
$0 (03-03-2025 - SC)<h1> United States of America v. Jeffrey Alan Benjamin </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center>Columbia, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Failed Nuclear Construction Project </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Fourth and Final V.C. Summer Executive Sentenced for Misconduct in Connection with Failed Nuclear Construction Project</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><... More...
$0 (11-21-2024 - SC)<h1> United States of America v. Jeffrey Alan Benjamin </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Columbia, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Misconduct in Connection with Failed Nuclear Construction Project </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Fourth and Final V.C. Summer Executive Sentenced for Misconduct in Connection with Failed Nuclear Construction Project</h2></center><... More...
$0 (11-21-2024 - SC)Henry James Brown v. Garrett M. Becker
<h2><br> Charleston, South Carolina, excessive force injury civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff.<br> <h2><br> <br> Plaintiff Henry James Brown alleged that Defendant Police Officer Garret M. Becker drove over his foot with his patrol car breaking Plaintiff's left ankle. Plaintiff attempted to bring a civil action against Defendant in state court but failed to file a proper complaint. Pla... More...
$0 (10-16-2024 - SC)Blakelie Chapman v. Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Company
<h2><br> Greenville, South Carolina E.R.I.S.A.-Employee Benefits claim employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff.<br> </h2><br> <br> The Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) is a federal law that regulates employee benefits, such as retirement, health care, disability, accident, and death benefits. ERISA sets minimum standards for private sector plans, and protects individuals in... More...
$1 (10-11-2024 - SC)<h1> United States of America v. David Elliott Paulsen </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center><i> Columbia, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession of Child Sexual Abuse Materials.</font color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><br> <b><h2><center><i></b> Columbia Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for the Fourth Time for Possession of Child Sexual Abuse Materials <br> </h2></center></i></font color="red">David E... More...
$0 (03-29-2024 - sc)Crystal L. Wickersham v. Ford Motor Company
Beaufort, South Carolina personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on product liability and wrongful death theories.<br> <br> This case was filed in the Beaufort County Court of Common Pleas, 2013-CP-07-00781, and was removed to federal court by the Defendant.<br> <br> <br> Decedent John Harley Wickersham, Jr. ("Wickershamâ€) was a pharmacist with a history of ... More...
$1 (08-08-2022 - SC)United States of America v. Marek Cortez Brewer, Jr.
Columbia, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition and to possession of a firearm in connection with drug trafficking.<br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <P><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Columbia_SC_Fed.jpg" alt="Federal Courthouse - Columbia, South Carolina... More...
$0 (02-03-2023 - SC)<H2> Sheila Webb v. Leon Lott, et al. </H2>
Columbia, South Carolina prisoner civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued Defendants on civil rights violation theories under 42 U.S.C. 1983.<br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <a font="red" href="https://www.morelaw.com/southcarolina/news/columbia/" target="_new">MoreLaw Legal News For Columbia</a><br> </font><br> </center><br> </h1><br> </table><br> </center><br> <br> This matter ... More...
$0 (01-17-2023 - SC)Justice 360 v. Bryan P. Stirling
Columbia, South Carolina civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiff, which sued Defendants claiming that they violated the First Amendment.<br> <br> Justice 360 offers post-conviction representation to South Carolina's death-row<br> inmates. In the case before us, it brings no claims on behalf of those clients, and none of<br> them is a party. Instead, Justice 360 acts solely on its own behalf. Th... More...
$0 (08-03-2022 - SC)United States of America v. Ezekiel Dennison, a/k/a OG
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.caddell.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Caddell_columbia_courthouse-1024x410.jpg"><br> </center><br> Appellant Ezekiel Dennison appeals the district court’s order revoking his term of supervised release and sentencing him to 36 months’ imprisonment. Reviewing for plain error, we conclude that there was error and it was plain. Because the error did ... More...
$0 (05-29-2019 - SC)United States of America v. James Eric Jones
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.scd.uscourts.gov/Resources/Images/FLOR.gif"><br> </center><br> James Eric Jones appeals from a decision in the District of South Carolina denying his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion to vacate, set aside, or correct his sentence, which was imposed more than ten years ago in 2008. By his motion, Jones sought to be resentenced based on the contention that — in... More...
$0 (02-04-2019 - SC)UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. JAMES ERIC JONES
<center><br> <h1><br> <p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#FF0000; padding: 0em;"><br> <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/lawyers/recent.asp" target="_new">MoreLaw Helps People Find Lawyers</a><br> <font><br> </h1><br> </center><br> On April 10, 2007, a jury in South Carolina found Jones guilty of the federal <br> offense of possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, in violation ... More...
$0 (02-04-2019 - SC)UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. ERIC SCOTT, a/k/a Houlio, a/k/a Houli, a/k/a God, a/k/a U-God
<center><h2><br> <p style="border:3phttps://www.morelaw.com/morelawadmin/verdicts.php?action=edit&id=121426x; border-style:solid; border-color:#FF0000; padding: 0em;"><br> <font color="red">Morelaw Internet Marketing</font><br> <a href="http://www.morelaw.com/lawyers/recent.asp" target="_new"> National Find A Lawyer Directory</a><br> </p><br> </h2><br> </center><br> In 2006, Scott was indicted in ... More...
$0 (01-22-2019 - SC)UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. CARLTON TYRONE NASH <table> <td>
Nash is a convicted felon with a long criminal history. On March 22, 2016, Nash <br> broke into a residence and threatened Keeaira Pitts, Michael Robinson, and Cortlin <br> Turmon with a Galesi .25 caliber pistol. Although Nash was wearing a Hillary Clinton <br> mask when he first entered the residence, the mask fell off during the incident. Pitts, <br> Robinson, and Turmon recognized Nash from... More...
$0 (07-02-2018 - SC)Rebecca Groves v. Communications Workers of America and AT&T Mobility, LLC
Section 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. § 185, allows litigants to bring “[s]uits for violation of contracts between an employer and a labor organization” in federal district court. Usually, an employee who wants to sue his employer for a violation of a collective bargaining agreement must first exhaust the contractual remedies in that agreement. Republic Steel Corp. v. M... More...
$0 (03-04-2016 - SC)Deborah Meek Hickerson v. Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA
Deborah Meek Hickerson sustained serious internal injuries in a personal watercraft (“PWC”) accident and filed a complaint in the District of South Carolina against the manufacturers of the PWC, Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A. and Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (collectively “Yamaha”). In her complaint, Hickerson alleged product liability claims under South Carolina law for design and warning def... More...
$0 (02-24-2018 - SC)Timothy Nelson Evans a/k/a Timothy N. Evans a/k/a Timothy Evans a/k/a Tim Evans v. State of Mississippi <table> <td>
Evidence adduced at trial revealed that in the spring of 2009, Evans moved into<br> Holling’s home as her tenant. The two previously had been romantically involved, but that<br> relationship had ceased before Evans moved in with seventy-year-old Holling. On the<br> morning of January 2, 2010, fifty-two-year-old Evans and his friend, Joe Thomas, were on<br> the way to perform a carpet-cleaning jo... More...
$0 (06-19-2017 - SC)United States of America v. Brian Manigo, a/k/a "B-Nasty" , Damien Robinson a/k/a "Sacked Up" and Kelvin Mitchell a/k/a "Kevy Boy"
Charleston, SC - Three Members or Associates of Wildboys Gang in South Carolina Sentenced for Violent Crimes in Aid of Racketeering<br> <br> One member and two associates of the Wildboys gang were sentenced today in federal court in Charleston, South Carolina, after each pleaded guilty to attempted murder in aid of racketeering for their roles in retaliation attacks against a rival gang.<br> <br> ... More...
$0 (06-03-2017 - sc)The State Of South Carolina v. Clyde Bowen Davis <table> <td>
From 2009 to 2011, law enforcement officials were involved in "Operation Icehouse," a complex, interagency investigation into the sale of methamphetamine in upstate South Carolina. During the operation, investigators used CIs to make controlled purchases of the drug from suspected dealers, and they soon learned Michael Robinson was selling methamphetamine he had purchased from either Amy Brock or ... More...
$0 (04-02-2017 - SC)BOBBY JAMES MOORE v. TEXAS <table> <td>
<center><font color="red"><h1>MoreLaw Performance Marketing</h1></font><br> <h2><a href="http://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28012&z=74103&s=OK" target="_new">If It Does Not Work, It Is Free!</a></h2></center><br> <br> JUSTICE GINSBURG delivered the opinion of the Court. Bobby James Moore fatally shot a store clerk during a botched robbery. He was convicted of capital mur... More...
$0 (03-28-2017 - SC)<b>Louis Michael Winkler, Jr. v. State of South Carolina</b>
On the evening of the murder, Winkler kicked in the door to his estranged wife's home, knocked her son to the ground, and shot her in the face, killing her instantly. In addition to murder, Winkler was convicted of first-degree burglary and assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature. We described the specific facts of the crimes in our opinion affirming the convictions and death sentenc... More...
$0 (11-23-2016 - SC)<b>The State v. Alexander L. Hunsberger</b></h2.
Petitioner Alexander L. Hunsberger (Alex) was sentenced to thirty-three years' incarceration for his part in the murder of Samuel Sturrup. Alex argued on appeal that the trial judge erred in denying his speedy trial motion. The Court of Appeals affirmed. State v. Hunsberger, Op. No. 2014UP-381 (S.C. Ct. App. filed Nov. 5, 2014). We granted Alex's petition for a writ of certiorari to review the C... More...
$0 (10-30-2016 - SC)<b>The State Of South Carolina v. Alexander L. Hunsberger</b></h2.
Alex argues that his right to a speedy trial under both the United States and South Carolina Constitutions was violated, and therefore, his murder charge should be dismissed. We analyze the issue under the Sixth Amendment, and agree. <br> <br> The Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution provides, "In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public tr... More...
$0 (10-17-2016 - SC)The State v. Matthew S. Medley
On the evening of April 20, 2013, officers with the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office were working a traffic checkpoint on Highway 150 North in Cherokee County, South Carolina. At approximately 12:45 A.M. on April 21, 2013, officers witnessed Medley run a stop sign and speed away from the checkpoint on his motorcycle. Two of the officers, Lieutenant Steven Bright and Lieutenant Brian Mullinax, sub... More...
$0 (06-22-2016 - SC)Kenneth Simmons v. State of South Carolina
Petitioner Kenneth Simmons was convicted and sentenced for the 1996 murder and criminal sexual assault of an 89-year-old Summerville woman. Petitioner sought post-conviction relief (PCR), which was granted in part. Because Petitioner is intellectually disabled, the PCR court vacated Petitioner's death sentence and imposed a sentence of life without parole, a matter which is not before us. See Atk... More...
$0 (06-21-2016 - SC)Jarvis Gibbs v. State of South Carolina
On July 25, 2008, at approximately 10:55 a.m., an individual robbed the First Palmetto Savings Bank in Camden wearing gloves, a white t-shirt, and a ski mask. Witnesses indicated the individual was a black male approximately six feet, four inches tall. None of the witnesses were able to state with certainty whether the man had any noticeable scars or tattoos.1 <br> Two individuals observed the man... More...
$0 (05-02-2016 - SC)Stephen George Brock v. Town of Mount Pleasant
The facts and procedural history are set forth in the court of appeals' opinion. The disputed actions occurred during special meetings for which the Town issued agendas listing an executive session but not indicating Town Council would take action following the executive session. Petitioner, who was a member of the Town's Planning Commission and the president and general manager of a local televi... More...
$0 (04-25-2016 - SC)Nathaniel Teamer v. State of South Carolina
The State first argues the PCR court erred in finding Respondent's trial counsel ineffective for failing to move for dismissal of Respondent's DUI charge. Specifically, the State argues the PCR court erred in determining the motion to dismiss likely would have been successful because the PCR court misinterpreted section 56-5-2953 of the South Carolina Code. We agree. <br> State law generally requ... More...
$0 (04-15-2016 - SC)Jomer Hill v. State of South Carolina
In December of 2000, Kenneth Goldsmith and Clifton "Trey" Brown (Trey) were shot at a "liquor house" where locals regularly visited to buy drugs, drink alcohol, gamble, and socialize. Goldsmith died at the scene and Trey was transported to a hospital where he later died. The case became a cold case when investigators were unable to identify a suspect. Officers sought to reopen the case by seeki... More...
$0 (03-06-2016 - SC)Stephen Smalls v. State of South Carolina
In 2000, a grand jury indicted Petitioner for armed robbery resulting from the robbery of a Bojangles restaurant in Columbia. At trial, Eugene Green testified that on the night of the robbery, he was helping his manager, Jim Lightner, close the restaurant when Petitioner ran through the door with a shotgun. Green stated Petitioner did not wear a mask. Petitioner ordered Lightner to open the safe,... More...
$0 (03-06-2016 - SC)Thompson v. Pruitt Corporation
On January 11, 2011, Respondent, Mae Ruth Davis Thompson (Daughter), and her brother, Andrew Phillip Davis (Son), had their mother, Eula Mae Davis (Mother), transferred from Piedmont Medical Center to a nearby nursing home facility owned or operated by Appellant UniHealth Post Acute Care-Rock Hill (UniHealth). A UniHealth employee presented an Admission Agreement, an Arbitration Agreement (AA), a... More...
$0 (03-06-2016 - SC)Clifford Thompson v. State of South Carolina
From 1998 to 2000, an armed perpetrator committed six robberies of hotels in Lexington, Richland, Berkeley, and Charleston counties. During each of these robberies, the perpetrator entered the hotel, held the clerk at gunpoint, restrained the clerk with either duct tape or rope, and stole money out of the hotel safe and till. After an investigation, the police arrested Thompson for these robberie... More...
$0 (03-02-2016 - SC)The State Of South Carolina v. Donald Marquice Anderson
Detective Keith Cothran of the Greenville Police Department obtained a no- knock search warrant for a house on Dobbs Street (the Dobbs house). The warrant was founded on surveillance and observations by officers of drug activity in the home and in the surrounding area, including a successful purchase of crack cocaine by a confidential informant. During surveillance, officers learned that runners... More...
$0 (03-02-2016 - SC)Duke Energy Corporation v. South Carolina Department of Revenue
The controversy in this case arises from the South Carolina Department of Revenue's ("SCDOR") computation of Duke Energy's taxable income. Duke Energy generates and sells electricity. Because Duke Energy does business in both North Carolina and South Carolina, it must apportion its income to determine its income tax liability in South Carolina. See S.C. Code Ann. § 12-62210(B) (2014)1 ("If a ta... More...
$0 (02-19-2016 - SC)United States of America v. Wendy Annette Moore
Charleston, SC - Wendy Moore and Chris Latham Murder for Hire Convictions Affirmed on Appeal<br> <br> the convictions against Wendy Annette Moore, age 39, and Christopher Austin Latham, age 52, both of Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina, were affirmed by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in a published opinion. The two were convicted following a February 2014 jury trial, where Moore was conv... More...
$0 (01-20-2016 - SC)United States of America v. Wendy Moore
Viewed in the light most favorable to the government, see United States v. Lentz, 524 F.3d 501, 507 (4th Cir. 2008), the evidence at trial established the following. On April 5, 2013, police officers stopped Aaron Wilkinson as he drove through the city of Charleston, South Carolina. Wilkinson revealed to the police that he and his former prison cellmate, Samuel Yenawine, were involved in a murde... More...
$0 (01-20-2016 - SC)State Of South Carolina v. Barnes
We granted the State's request for a common law writ of certiorari to review a pretrial circuit court order in this capital retrial proceeding. We affirm the circuit court's order. Respondent's first capital conviction and sentence were reversed on appeal because he was denied his constitutional right to represent himself at trial. State v. Barnes, 407 S.C. 27, 753 S.E.2d 545 (2014); see Farett... More...
$0 (12-28-2015 - SC)Robert Cahaly v. Paul LaRosa, III
Robert C. Cahaly, a self-described Republican political consultant, was arrested for alleged violations of South Carolina’s anti-robocall statute. After the charges were dismissed, Cahaly filed suit, challenging the statute on three First Amendment grounds: as an unlawful regulation of speech, as impermissibly compelling speech, and as unconstitutionally vague. Cahaly also sought damages from th... More...
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