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Tuesday, March 11, 2025
2023-000972
State of South Carolina, Petitioner, v. Herbert E. Pray, III, Respondent.
Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson, Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Mark Reynolds Farthing, both of Columbia; and Solicitor John William Weeks, of Aiken, all for Petitioner. Robert Irvin Sussman, of Robert I. Sussman, P.C., of Augusta, GA, for Respondent.
We granted the State's petition for a writ of certiorari to review the court of appeals' decision in State v. Pray, No. 2023-UP-067 (S.C. Ct. App. filed February 22, 2023). The Court will determine whether the court of appeals erred in holding a law enforcement officer's reading of Miranda warnings to Pray as the officer drove away from the location of Pray's arrest violated the requirements of S.C. Code Ann ยง 56-5-2953(A)(1)(a) (2018) which states that "[t]he video recording at the incident site must . . . include the arrest of a person . . . and show the person being advised of his Miranda rights."
2023-001170
The State, Respondent, v. James Elbert Daniels, Jr., Petitioner.
Deputy Chief Appellate Defender Wanda H. Carter, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson, Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka, Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Melody Jane Brown, and Senior Assistant Attorney General J. Anthony Mabry, all of Columbia; and Solicitor Jimmy A. Richardson, II, of Horry, for Respondent.
We granted James E. Daniels' petition for a writ of certiorari to review the court of appeals' decision in State v. Daniels, 439 S.C. 500, 888 S.E.2d 9 (Ct. App. 2023). We will consider whether the court of appeals erred in holding Daniels' pre and post Miranda statements were both properly admitted into evidence.
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
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2024-001115
Julia B. Brooker, Respondent, v. Beacham O. Brooker, Jr., in his official capacity as Trustee and individually as a Beneficiary of the Janet B. Brooker Trust, and Ellen B. Corontzes individually and as a Beneficiary of the Janet B. Brooker Trust, Petitioners.
Thornwell F. Sowell, III and Bess Jones DuRant, of Sowell & DuRant, LLC, of Columbia, for Petitioners. James Mixon Griffin and Margaret Nicole Fox, both of Griffin Humphries, LLC, of Columbia, for Respondent.
2024-001039
The State, Petitioner, v. Mark Anthony Hailey, Jr., Respondent.
Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson, Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka, Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Melody Jane Brown, and Assistant Attorney General Joshua Abraham Edwards, all of Columbia; and Solicitor David Matthew Stumbo, of Greenwood, all for Petitioner. Lara Mary Caudy, of Columbia, for Respondent.
The Court granted a writ of certiorari to review the court of appeals' decision in State v. Hailey, Op. No. 2024-UP-074 (S.C. Ct. App. filed Mar. 13, 2024).