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Supreme Court Watch: 2013 Year in Review
January 2nd, 2014
2013 was a major year in criminal law for the South Carolina Supreme Court. Interviews in Child Sexual Abuse Cases – In January 2013, our Supreme Court decided State v. Kromah, hopefully putting to rest prosecution attempts to improperly bolster ch…
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Tags: Assault & Battery, Castle Doctrine, Child Abuse, Circumstantial Evidence, Criminal Sexual Conduct, Death Penalty, Directed Verdict, ex post facto, General Sessions Docket Management, Homicide, Jury Instructions, Lewd Act, Murder, Post Conviction Relief (PCR), Protection of Persons and Property Act, Satellite Monitoring, SC Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, SC Public Defender Association, SC Supreme Court Watch, State v. Langford, Waiver Doctrine, Year in Review
Update: Satellite Monitoring of Sex Offenders Requires Judicial Review -- Amended Opinion Issued in State v Dykes
July 24th, 2013
A prior blog post, “Satellite Monitoring of Sex Offenders Requires Judicial Review,” discussed the South Carolina Supreme Court’s opinion in State v. Dykes. On July 24, 2013, our Supreme Court denied rehearing in Dykes and issued a…
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South Carolina’s Sex Offender Registry has turned into Punishment
July 12th, 2013
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…
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