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LEGISLATIVE COVERAGE
Senate
The Senate gavels in at 12:00 p.m. Watch live here. Calendar. Journal.
House
The House gavels in at 12:00 p.m. Watch live here. Calendar. Journal.
Combined meeting schedule
10:00 a.m., S.C. Legislative Black Caucus, Blatt Room 427
11:00 a.m., Senate L.C.I. Professions and Occupations Subcommittee on S.758, S.909 and H.4246, Gressette Room 307, Agenda Available
11:00 a.m., House Majority Caucus, Blatt Room 112
11:00 a.m., House Minority Caucus, Blatt Room 305
12:00 p.m., House of Representatives, State House, House Chamber, Live Broadcast
12:00 p.m., Senate, State House, Senate Chamber, Live Broadcast
2:00 p.m., Senate Transportation Subcommittee on S.723, Gressette Room 308, Agenda Available
1 hour after adjournment of the House, Constitutional Subcommittee Meeting, Blatt Room 511, Agenda Available
2:30 p.m., or adjournment of the House, whichever is later, High Education Subcommittee Meeting, Blatt Room 321, Agenda Available
1.5 hours after adjournment of the House, Healthcare Subcommittee Meeting, Blatt Room 108, Agenda Available
1.5 hours after adjournment of the House, Transportation and Regulatory Subcommittee, Blatt Room 318, Agenda Available
1.5 hours after adjournment of the House, Economic Development and Natural Resources Subcommittee, Blatt Room 317, Agenda Available
SUPREME COURT
Case No: 2018-001355
Hearing Time: 09:30 a.m.
Location: Supreme Court Courtroom
Time Limits: 15-15-5
Case Title: The State, Respondent, v. Nakia Karreim Johnson, Petitioner.
Attorneys: E. Charles Grose, Jr., of Grose Law Firm, of Greenwood, for Petitioner. Attorney General Alan Wilson, Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General William M. Blitch, Jr. and Interim Solicitor Heather Savitz Weiss, all of Columbia, for Respondent.
Summary: The Court granted Nakia Johnson's petition for a writ of certiorari to review whether the court of appeals erred in finding the trial court's refusal to grant a mistrial after the child advocacy interviewer testified he instructed Victim to tell the truth during the forensic interview amounted to harmless error, thereby affirming Johnson's conviction for second-degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor.
Case No: 2019-000500
Hearing Time: 10:00 a.m.
Location: Supreme Court Courtroom
Time Limits: 15-15-5
Case Title: The State, Respondent, v. Suzanna Brown Simpson, Petitioner.
Attorneys: J. Falkner Wilkes, of Greenville, for Petitioner. Attorney General Alan Wilson, Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka, Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Melody J. Brown, Assistant Attorney General Susannah R. Cole, all of Columbia and Solicitor W. Walter Wilkins, III, of Greenville, for Respondent.
Summary: Suzanna Brown Simpson was convicted of two counts of murder, one count of attempted murder, and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime. The trial court sentenced Simpson to two consecutive life sentences for the murders, a consecutive term of thirty years' imprisonment for the attempted murder, and a consecutive term of five years' imprisonment for the weapon charge. The court of appeals affirmed. State v. Simpson, 425 S.C. 522, 823 S.E.2d 229 (Ct. App. 2019). This Court granted Simpson's petition for a writ of certiorari to determine whether the trial court erred in excluding testimony from Simpson's expert witness.
Case No: 2018-001874
Hearing Time: 10:30 a.m.
Location: Supreme Court Courtroom
Time Limits: 15-15-5
Case Title: Century Capital Group, LLC, Petitioner, v. Midtown Development Group, LLC, Richland Joint Venture Group, LLC, Windsor Richland Mall, L.P., and BRC Richland, LLC, Respondents.
Attorneys: J. Ryan Oates, of McCabe, Trotter & Beverly, PC, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Trippett Boineau, III and Heath M. Stewart, III, both of McAngus, Goudelock & Courie, LLC, of Columbia, Jonathan B. Asbill, of Baker, Ravenel & Bender, LLP, of Columbia and Ruth A. Levy, of Williams Mullen, of Columbia, for Respondents.
Summary: The Court granted a writ of certiorari to review the court of appeals' decision in Century Capital Group, LLC v. Midtown Development Group, LLC, Op. No. 2018-UP-249 (S.C. Ct. App. filed June 13, 2018).
NEWS
Episodes of This Week In South Carolina
Tax cuts, prisons, employee raises: How SC Gov. McMaster want to spend $10.2B in 2020 The State
Gov. McMaster proposes $430M tax relief in his SC state budget. Will taxpayers see a dime? The Post and Courier
Education, lots of cash big topics as SC Legislature opens AP
Sen. Tom Young talks 2020 legislative issues in Aiken The Aiken Standard
Federal approval of child support system ends yearly fines tallying $173M The Post and Courier
Cory Booker’s exit a big loss in 2020 presidential race, SC Democrats say The State
Democrat Cory Booker ends presidential bid after polling, money struggles AP
RESOURCES
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