» Blues Bar-B-Q & Bar CLE

The South Carolina Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers have invited Charles Grose and Chelsea McNeill to speak at the 2015 Blues, BBQ, and Bar CLE on Friday, July 10, 2015. The prevention, “Defending Child Sex Abuse Cases,” will discu… Read More

Special concerns involving juvenile sex offender registration include (A) the procedural safeguards offered a juvenile prior to adjudication and (B) imposing a lifetime registration requirement despite the extraordinary capacity of juveniles for reha… Read More

According to the Supreme Court of the United States, the authority of the state to require sex offender registration flows from a conviction. Connecticut Dep’t of Pub. Safety v. Doe, 538 U.S. 84 (2003) (“the law’s requirements turn on a… Read More

Defense counsel should consider requesting an independent mental evaluation of a child alleging sexual abuse in two circumstances. The first is when the prosecution might seek to introduce through the counselor opinion evidence about rape trauma. For… Read More

“Forensic interviewers might be useful as a tool to aid law enforcement officers in their initial investigative process, but this does not make their work appropriate for use in the courtroom.” State v. Kromah, 401 S.C. 340, 357 (fn. 5), 737 S.E.… Read More