South Carolina Last Clear Chance Law
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Antonio Marquis Nicholson </h2> </center>
Columbia, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sex trafficking of children by force, fraud or coercion in violation of 18 U.S.C.1594, coercing or enticing of female/male in violaiton of 18 U.S.C. 2422, and intimidating a writness in violation of 18 U.S.C.1512. Reported by: <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=7411... More...
$ (09-10-2026 - SC)<h2> <center> Clear Touch Interactive, Inc. v. The Ockers Company, et al. M.h2> </center>
Greenville, South Carolina commercial litigation lawyers represented the parties in a breach of contract dispute. In state court, the Ockers Company (“Ockers”) sued Clear Touch Interactive, Inc.(“Clear Touch”) for breach of contract. The parties settled that case and agreed to dismiss all possible counterclaims that could have been brought in that litigation. But just weeks later, Clea... More...
$ (04-01-2026 - SC)<H2> United States of America v. Tyrone Grailford
Columbia, South Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm. A Guidelines error is harmless—and, thus, does not require vacatur—if “(1) the district court would have reached the same result even if it had decided the Guidelines issue the other way, and (2) the sentence would be reasonable even if the Guidelines issue had been de... More...
$ (12-31-2025 - SC)<H2> United States of America v. Pasqual Perez Duckett
Columbia, South Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distribution of fentanyl which resulted in the death of a 28-year-old Columbia woman. In July 2023, agents with the Drug Enforcement Administration, in collaboration with the City of Columbia Police Department and the Richland County Sheriff's Department, initiated an investigation into Pasqual Perez Ducket... More...
$ (12-19-2025 - SC)<h1> United States of America v. Charles “Chuck†Wright, Amos Durham, Lawson B. Watson </h1></h1>
Columbia, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with <br> <br> Charles "Chuck†Wright, 60, the former sheriff of Spartanburg County; Amos Durham 61, a former chaplain for the department; and Lawson B. Watson 63, a former employee, have pleaded guilty for their participation in a public corruption scheme that defrauded the county of public funds for years... More...
$0 (10-30-2025 - SC)<h1> United States of America v. Charles “Chuck†Wright, Amos Durham, Lawson B. Watson </h1>
Spartanburg, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy to commit theft.<br> <br> Charles "Chuck†Wright, 60, the former sheriff of Spartanburg County; Amos Durham 61, a former chaplain for the department; and Lawson B. Watson 63, a former employee, have pleaded guilty for their participation in a public corruption scheme that defrauded the coun... More...
$0 (10-30-2025 - SC)United States of America v. Kristen Taylor Porter
Florence, South Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with making false statements to purchase firearms.<br> <br> Kristen Taylor Porter, 29, of Florence, South Carolina, was indiced by a grand jury, relating to the July 1 murder of Darlington County Deputy Frank "Devin†Mason.<br> <br> Porter is charged with making false statements in connection with the Februar... More...
$0 (10-16-2025 - SC)Andrew Pampu v. Erin Wingo, David Wingo, and Colin J. Gahagan
Pickens, South Carolina personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a defamation theory.<br> <br> The genesis of this troubling litigation is a night of drunkenness at a college fraternity party on October 24, 2015. Prior to attending this party, Ms. Wingo, a 5'2" Clemson freshman weighing between 114 and 118 pounds, consumed approximately nine 1.5-ounce shots of alcohol at a fri... More...
$0 (06-13-2025 - SC)<h1> United States of America v. Ibrahim Shedid and Ahmed Shedid </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Charleston, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with $25M Conspiracy to Traffic Counterfeit Viagra </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Summerville Brothers Sentenced to Federal Prison for $25M Conspiracy to Traffic Counterfeit Viagra</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> ... More...
$0 (03-14-2025 - SC)The Estate of Richard Walter Meier v. May J. Burnsed
Beaufort, South Carolina civil litigation lawyers represented the parties in a life insurance proceeds dispute.<br> <br> Decedent and Burnsed married on July 19, 1997. Transamerica Premier Life Insurance Company, Inc. issued a $250,000 life insurance policy (the Policy) to Decedent on June 16, 1998. Decedent named Burnsed as the primary beneficiary and his brother, Richard Walter Meier (Brother), ... More...
$0 (03-05-2025 - 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. Rafael Contreras </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Florence, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing cocaine and heroin and money laundering </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Mexican National Extradited to Face Drug and Money Laundering Criminal Charges</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A federal grand j... More...
$0 (02-14-2025 - SC)<h1> United States of America v. Jake Rupert </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Columbia, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with walkaway escape from a federal residential re-entry facility. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Lexington Gang Member Returned to Federal Prison </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> </h2></center></b></b> </h2></cent... More...
$0 (01-15-2025 - SC)<h1> United States of America v. Jack Keegan Davis </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> cty, sta criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Exploiting and Stalking Minors on Social Media </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Ohio Man Indicted in South Carolina for Exploiting and Stalking Minors on Social Media</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A federal grand jury has return... More...
$0 (11-25-2024 - 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 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)<h1> United States of America v. Lontre Jason Wise </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Columbia, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with the intent to distribute both crack cocaine and marijuana. </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Columbia Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Drug Charges</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Lontre Jason... More...
$0 (09-26-2024 - SC)The State of South Carolina v. Gregg Pickrell </center
<h2><br> Camden, South Carolina first-degree murder criminal defense lawyer represented Gregg Prckrell accused of murdering Robert Lamont Demary.<br> </h2><br> <br> <br> Demary and Pickrell did not live together but were somewhat romantically involved. Pickrell contends Demary routinely abused her. The shooting occurred within the relatively tight confines of Pickrell's bedroom in her residence. P... More...
$0 (08-14-2024 - SC)Vitzeslav Zeif v. Marina Aslanyan and SmartLinux Solutions, LLC
<h2><br> Charleston, South Carolina personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a negligence theory.<br> </h2><br> <br> This case was filed in the Charleston County Court of Common Pleas, 2024CP1001305, and was removed to federal court by the Defendants.<br> <br> The following facts are presented in SmartLinx Solutions, LLC's ("SmartLinxâ€) Verified Amended Complaint, and ... More...
$0 (07-03-2024 - SC)<h1> United States of America v. Ashlee Richardson-Barley </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Columbia, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Smuggling Contraband into a Federal Prison</font <br> </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i><br> </b> Atlanta Woman Sentenced for Role in Smuggling Contraband into a Federal Prison </h2></center><br> <br> Ashlee Richardson-Barley, 34, of Atlanta, Geo... More...
$0 (05-16-2024 - SC)<h1> United States of America v. Daqua Lameek Ritter </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Columbia, South Carolina Criminal Defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Killing a Transgender Woman Because of Her Gender Identity.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <b><h3><center><i></b> </h3></center></i><br> <br> After a four-day trial in a federal hate crime case, a jury found a South Carolina man, Daqua Lameek Ritter, guil... More...
$0 (02-26-2024 - SC)<h1> United States of America v. Darius Antonio Pugh </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Columbia, South Carolina. Criminal Defense Lawyer represented the Defendant A West Columbia Gang Member Sentenced for Federal Drug and Firearm Charges</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <br> <b><h2><center><i>District of South Carolina</h2></center></i></b><br> <br> COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA — Darius Antonio Pugh, age 36, of West Columbia, ... More...
$0 (04-03-2023 - SC)<h1> United States of America v. Nina Bourret </h1>
<center><h2><b><i>Columbia, South Carolina Medicaid lawyer represented the Defendant for making fraudulent statements to Medicaid in connection with the delivery of autism spectrum disorder services.</b></h2></center></i><br> <br> <br> COLUMBIA, S.C. — Nina Bourret, 41, of Greenville, was sentenced to one year and one day in federal prison after pleading guilty to making fraudulent stateme... More...
$0 (01-03-2024 - SC)United States of America v. L&T Technology Services, Ltd., a/k/a LTTS
Columbia, South Carolina qui tam lawyers sued Defendant on a False Claims Act theory claimed that Defendant between 2014 and 2019 It underpaid visa fees owed to the United States by acquiring B-1 visas, rather than more expensive H-1B visas in violation of the False Claims Act.<br> <br> L&T Technology Services, LTD ("LTTSâ€), a company based in India, with U.S. offices in Edison New Jersey, a... More...
$9928000 (04-14-2023 - SC)The State v. Bruce Hill
Conway, South Carolina criminal defense lawyers represented defendants charged with first degree murder in 2005.<br> <br> <br> Appellant Bruce Hill was convicted of two murders and first-degree burglary, arising from a home invasion and double homicide in Horry County in 2005. He received concurrent life sentences for the murders and a concurrent thirty-year sentence for the burglary. Prior to Ap... More...
$0 (07-09-2014 - SC)United States of America v. Darius Antonio Pugh
Columbia, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition and one count of possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine, a quantity of cocaine base (commonly known as crack cocaine), and a quantity of cocaine.<br> <br> On the evening... More...
$0 (04-03-2023 - SC)The State of South Carolina v. Kenneth Lamont Robinson, Jr.
Charleston, South Carolina criminal defense lawyers represented Defendant charged with murder and attempted murder.<br> <br> Shortly after midnight, in the early morning hours of May 10, 2015, Richard <br> Simmons contacted the North Charleston Police Department to report gunshots. <br> While Simmons was talking to Robinson, Kelly Green, and Latrell Hamilton <br> outside of Robinson's home, a movi... More...
$0 (01-11-2023 - SC)Jepheth Eglin Barnes v. Spartnburg County Sheriff's Office, et al. </cener
Spartanburg, South Carolina personal injury lawyers represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendants on civil rights violation theories under 42 U.S.C. 1983 claiming her was wrongfully convicted of rape and incarcerated to 9 years.<br> <br> In 1995, a bank foreclosed on Jepheth Barnes' home due to his wife's<br> secret gambling problems and resulting nonpayment of their mortgage. 99<br> Consequently, Ba... More...
$0 (06-19-2007 - SC)The State of South Carolina v. Jepheth Elgin Barnes
Spartanburg, South Carolina criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with sexual abuse of a child.<br> <br> Jepheth Barnes, age 51, was accused of raping his 13-year-old stepdaughter.<br> <br> In 1995, a bank foreclosed on Jepheth Barnes' home due to his wife's<br> secret gambling problems and resulting nonpayment of their mortgage. 99<br> Consequently, Barnes "separated ... from his wife... More...
$0 (12-31-1996 - SC)United States of America v. Rodney Ellis
Columbia, South Carolina criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with defrauding a non-profit.<br> <br> While serving as the Financial Officer for Sumter Behavioral Health Services (SBHS), a 501c3 non-profit, Rodney Ellis, age 71, of Sumper, South Carolina defrauded the non-profit out of more than $800,000 over eight years. His scheme was to divert funds from SBHS banking accounts to his... More...
$0 (09-23-2022 - SC)United States of America v. Brian Thomas Rogers
Spartanburg, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with making false statement in a Clear Air Act report.<br> <br> Brian Thomas Rogers, age 53, of Anderson, South Carolina and the owner of Rogers Environmental, LLC, contracted to perform an asbestos building inspection at Pratt Hall on the campus of Anderson University, Anderson County, South Carolina. Rogers' limi... More...
$0 (06-24-2022 - SC)Loretta Gilbert v. The United States of America
Florence, South Carolina personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant United States of America on a Government Tort Claims Act theory.<br> <br> <br> Plaintiff Loretta Gilbert, as the Personal Representative of the Estate of Anthony Lamont Johnson and on behalf of the wrongful death beneficiaries, for medical malpractice against The United States of America. The Plaintiff filed ... More...
$0 (05-23-2022 - SC)Sara Katherine Waldrop Ridgeway v. Ralph Riggie Ridgeway
Pickens, South Carolina family law lawyer represented Petitioner seeking a divorce from Respondent.<br> <br> <br> The parties attended high school together in Greenville and began dating when Wife was sixteen years old and Husband was seventeen. By the time Husband was a high school senior, the couple dated exclusively. Following graduation, Husband attended Mars Hill College in North Carolina.<br... More...
$0 (03-16-2022 - 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. Larry Anthony Ladson, Jr.
Greenville, SC - Federal Jury Convicts Simpsonville Man of Possessing Over 500 Grams or More of Methamphetamine with the Intent to Distribute - Faces Life Sentence in Federal Prison<br> <br> Larry Anthony Ladson, Jr., 29 years old, of Simpsonville, South Carolina, was convicted of possessing 500 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine with the inte... More...
$0 (10-24-2018 - SC)United States of America v. Tabitha A. Hammond
Columbia, SC - Oconee Woman Pleads Guilty to Meth Charges<br> <br> Tabitha A. Hammond, age 37, of Seneca, pled guilty to possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, a violation of Title 21, United States Code, Section 841. United States District Judge Donald C. Coggins, of Spartanburg, accepted the guilty plea and will sentence Hammond after he has a chance to review the Presentence... More...
$0 (08-14-2018 - SC)UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. WILLIS TERRANCE DORSEY <table> <td>
In reviewing a district court’s ruling on a motion to suppress, we review the court’s factual findings for clear error, and its legal conclusions de novo.” United States v. Cain, 524 F.3d 477, 481 (4th Cir. 2008). When the district court denies a defendant’s suppression motion, we construe “the evidence in the light most favorable to the [G]overnment.” United States v. Grossman,... More...
$0 (08-02-2018 - 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...
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