South Carolina Kidnapping Law
<H2> State of South Carolina v. Tony Middleton
Columbia, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represents the Dfendant, Tony Middleton, 35, charged with murder, possession of a weapon during a violent crime and possession of a weapon by a prohibited person. A.I. Google: In South Carolina, "first-degree murder" isn't a distinct statutory term; rather, murder is defined as a killing with malice aforethought, leading to penalties of 30 ye... More...
$ (12-30-2025 - SC)United States of America v. Steven Lloyd Joiner
Greenville, South Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with interstate communication of threats.<br> <br> 18 U.S.C. § 875, prohibits transmitting threats in interstate or foreign commerce to injure a person, property, or reputation, or to accuse someone of a crime. This applies to communications crossing state or national borders and carries penalties of fines and... More...
$0 (09-12-2025 - SC)<h1> United States of America v. Angel Cooper Vause </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Charleston, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Lying to FBI During Brittanee Drexel Investigation </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Georgetown Woman Sentenced to 18 Years for Lying to FBI During Brittanee Drexel Investigation</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> ... More...
$0 (02-13-2025 - SC)<h1> United States of America v. Bernardino de Jesus Ramirez-Ramirez, a/k/a Carlos Mendoza </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Spartanburg, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Kidnapping Child He Helped Smuggle into U.S. Sentenced </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Guatemalan Man Guilty of Kidnapping Child He Helped Smuggle into U.S. Sentenced to 14 Years</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <... More...
$0 (10-30-2024 - SC)State of South Carolina v. Olandio R. Workman
<h2><br> Greenville, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with domestic violence of a high and aggravates nature, kidnapping, and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime.<br> </h2><br> <br> At trial, the State presented evidence Respondent confined and beat his wife, Loretta Workman, in their shared family residence for over fort... More...
$0 (08-08-2024 - SC)<h1> United States of America v. Deandre Lamar Davis </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Columbia, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition</font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Columbia Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Gun Charge</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> On May 5, 2021, Columbia Police Departme... More...
$0 (06-22-2024 - SC)State of South Carolina v. Joseph Walker
Bamberg, South Carolina defendant Joseph Walker, a 44-year-old African American, was accused to kidnapping and sexually assaulting w woman in Denmark South Carolina. <br> <br> The South Carolina Court of Appeals described the evidence of Defendant's guilt as follows:<br> <br> "The victim testified that on March 2, 2002, she sought a man's help in fixing her broken-down car at a BP gas station in D... More...
$0 (07-23-2003 - SC)United States of America v. Dominique Devonah Brand
Florence, South Carolina criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with kidnapping, carjacking felony possession of a firearm resulting in death.<br> <br> The government accused Defendant of kidnapping and killing Mary Ann Elvington, a Horry County grandmother in March 2021.<br> <br> Defendant waived his right to a jury trial.<br> <br> Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1201(a)(1) and 1201... More...
$0 (09-08-2022 - SC)State of South Carolina v. Lewis "Trey" Branche, III
Beaufort, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with first-degree murder.<br> <br> Lewis "Trey" Branche, III was accused of killing his girlfriend Kristen Bennett on September 4, 2018.<br> <br> Defendant's counsel admitted that that his client shot and killed the victim.<br> <br> § 14-17. Murder in the first and second degree defined; punishment.<br> <br> (a) ... More...
$0 (04-05-2022 - SC)State of South Carolina v. Sidney St Clair Moorer
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://sheriff.horrycounty.org/Portals/24/images/oldcourthouse.JPG"><br> </center><br> The State of South Carolina charged Sidney St. Clair Moorer with kidnapping Heather Elvis.... More...
$0 (09-19-2019 - SC)United States of America v. James Jacob Parrish, Jr.
Columbia, NC - North Carolina Man Sentenced to 105 Months Imprisonment After Pleading Guilty to Being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm and Ammunition Stemming from Mall Standoff<br> <br> James Jacob Parrish, Jr., age 36, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, was sentenced in federal court to 105 months imprisonment with 3 years of supervised release to follow. Parrish plead guilty last November to be... More...
$0 (07-24-2018 - 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)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)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. Christopher Broadnax
At 5:30 p.m. on May 24, 2009, a masked gunman entered Church's Chicken on Two Notch Road in Columbia. He held one of the employees at gunpoint while the employee emptied the cash registers. Three other employees locked themselves in the kitchen. The gunman was wearing a striped shirt, had a distinctive "lazy eye," and carried a clear plastic bag. <br> After the employee filled the bag with mone... More...
$0 (12-28-2015 - SC)United States of America v. Juan Fuentes-Morales and Ruben Ceja-Rangel
Columbia, SC - Cartel Connected Kidnappers Found Guilty on All Counts<br> <br> Juan Fuentes-Morales and Ruben Ceja-Rangel on 8 charges related to the armed abduction of a St. Mathews man that occurred in July of 2014. Evidence presented during the trial established that Ruben Ceja-Rangel (age 58) traveled from his home in Groveland, Florida in early June or July of 2014, for the purpose of conspi... More...
$0 (10-26-2015 - SC)United States of America v. Chason Renee Chase, a/k/a “Lady Jamaica,†a/k/a “Lady Jâ€
Columbia, South Carolina - Chason Renee Chase, a/k/a "Lady Jamaica,†a/k/a "Lady J,†age 24, of Columbia, South Carolina and Atlanta, Georgia was sentenced in federal court to three (3) months imprisonment, which will be followed by three (3) years of supervised release. In August, Chase, who had no previous prior criminal record, plead guilty to making false statements to agents of th... More...
$0 (10-23-2014 - SC)United States of America v. Freddie Grant
A jury found Appellant Freddie Grant guilty of being a felon in possession of ammunition. The district court classified Grant as an armed career criminal, in part due to two general court-martial convictions for violent crimes, and calculated his Sentencing Guidelines range accordingly. Grant now appeals, contending that we should vacate his sentence because the district court erred by using the c... More...
$0 (06-03-2014 - SC)United States of America v. Jermichael Lanard Reid a/k/a Ratchet
United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that JERMICHAEL LANARD REID, a/k/a "Ratchet,†age 19, of Rock Hill, South Carolina was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment today in federal court. REID previously plead guilty to being in possession of a stolen firearm and ammunition, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(j) and 924(a)(2). Senior United States District Ju... More...
$0 (02-27-2014 - SC)United States of America v. Fabian Montes-Flores
Appellant Fabian Montes-Flores ("Appellantâ€) challenges his sentence of 46 months imprisonment, imposed as a result of his conviction pursuant to a violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326 for illegal reentry into the United States after being previously removed. In this appeal, Appellant argues the district court erred by employing the modified categorical approach to determine that his prior convic... More...
$0 (12-02-2013 - SC)Anthony H. v. Matthew G.
Matthew G. (Father) appeals the order of the South Carolina family court terminating his parental rights (TPR) to his minor child (Child) and granting Anthony H.'s (Stepfather) petition to adopt Child. Father argues the family court lacked jurisdiction to hear the child custody dispute because Georgia still had exclusive, continuing jurisdiction under the Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act (PKPA)... More...
$0 (05-16-2012 - SC)Anthony H. v. Matthew G.
Matthew G. (Father) appeals the order of the South Carolina family court terminating his parental rights (TPR) to his minor child (Child) and granting Anthony H.'s (Stepfather) petition to adopt Child. Father argues the family court lacked jurisdiction to hear the child custody dispute because Georgia still had exclusive, continuing jurisdiction under the Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act (PKPA)... More...
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