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South Carolina Court of Appeals Courtroom I
The summary below each case is prepared to offer lawyers and the public a general overview of what issues are included in a case which will be argued. The summary is not a limit on what issues a party to a case may present at oral argument.
Tuesday, May 6, 2025
Courtroom 1
11:20 a.m.
(Time Limits: 10-10-5)
2022-001585
Matthew Williams, #215077, Appellant, v. South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole, and Pardon Services, Respondent.
Axton Dylan Crolley and Charles Harold West, Jr., both of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP, of Columbia; Stuart M. Andrews, Jr., of Burnette Shutt & McDaniel, PA, of Columbia; and Shirene Carole Hansotia, of Mount Pleasant, all for Appellant. General Counsel Matthew C. Buchanan and Jessica Elizabeth Kinard, both of Columbia, for Respondent.
12:00 p.m.
(Time Limits: 10-10-5)
2022-001151
Herbert Smalls, Petitioner, v. State of South Carolina, Respondent.
Elizabeth Anne Franklin-Best, of Elizabeth Franklin-Best, P.C., of Columbia, for Petitioner. Joshua Abraham Edwards, of Columbia, for Respondent.
In this action for post-conviction relief, Herbert Smalls argues his intellectual disabilities prevented him from understanding his rights and the consequences of his murder plea. He argues the PCR court should have found his attorney was ineffective for failing to adequately advise him of his rights and of the weakness of the state's case. He also argues the lower court erred in finding the transcript of the plea hearing was adequately reconstructed after the original recordings were destroyed.
12:40 p.m.
(Time Limits: 10-10-5)
2023-000540
Target Motors, LLC d/b/a Port City Motors, Appellant, v. Grand Strand Nissan, Inc., Grainger Companies, Inc. d/b/a Grainger Honda, and Manheim Remarketing, Inc. d/b/a Manheim, Darlington, Defendants, Of which Grand Strand Nissan, Inc., is the Respondent.
C. Steven Moskos, of C. Steven Moskos, PA, of North Charleston; and Brooks Roberts Fudenberg, of Law Office of Brooks R. Fudenberg, LLC, of Charleston, both for Appellant. William Edward Lawson, of Turner Padget Graham & Laney, PA, of Myrtle Beach, for Respondent Grainger Companies, Inc. Sarah P. Spruill, of Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, PA, of Greenville; and Mary M. Caskey, of Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, PA, of Columbia, both for Respondent Grand Strand Nissan, Inc.
South Carolina Court of Appeals Courtroom II
The summary below each case is prepared to offer lawyers and the public a general overview of what issues are included in a case which will be argued. The summary is not a limit on what issues a party to a case may present at oral argument.
Tuesday, May 6, 2025
10:00 a.m.
(Time Limits: 10-10-5)
2024-000208
Sarah Zito, Alvaro Sarmiento, Jr., Mark Shinn, and Daniel Bermudez, Appellants, v. Strata Audubon, LLC and Strata Veridian, LLC, Respondents.
Frederick Elliotte Quinn, IV, of The Steinberg Law Firm, LLP, of North Charleston; and Rachel Igdal, of The Steinberg Law Firm, LLP, of Charleston, both for Appellants. Kevin A. Hall, of Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP, of Columbia; and Bryant Sparks Caldwell, of Columbia, both for Respondents.
10:40 a.m.
(Time Limits: 10-10-5)
2022-001567
The State, Respondent, v. Justin Tyler Ellaree Hopkins, Appellant.
Gary Howard Johnson, II, of Columbia, for Appellant. Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson, Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka, Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Melody Jane Brown, and Assistant Attorney General Tommy Evans, Jr, all of Columbia, and Solicitor Samuel R. Hubbard, III, of Lexington, all for Respondent.
11:20 a.m.
(Time Limits: 10-10-5)
2022-001004
Thomas Wade Long and Clyde Kiser, individually and on behalf of TNW and More, LLC, Respondents, v. Timothy D. Kettner, Donald Kettner, and TNT and More, Inc., d/b/a Crab Catchers on the Waterfront, Defendants, of whom Donald Kettner and TNT and More, Inc., d/b/a Crab Catchers on the Waterfront, are Appellants.
Howell Vaught Bellamy, III, of Bellamy, Rutenberg, Copeland, Epps, Gravely & Bowers, P.A., of Myrtle Beach; and Michael S. Harrison, of Winslow Law, LLC, of Myrtle Beach, both for Appellants. Tucker S. Player, of Player Law Firm, LLC, of Chapin, for Respondents.
12:00 p.m.
(Time Limits: 10-10-5)
2021-000469
The State, Respondent, v. James Monroe Brown, Appellant.
Chief Appellate Defender Robert Michael Dudek, of Columbia, for Appellant. Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson, Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka, Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Melody Jane Brown, and J. Anthony Mabry, all of Columbia; and Solicitor William Benjamin Rogers, Jr., of Bennettsville, all for Respondent.