Representative Cases

• Fortune v. State, Op. No. 27932 (SC 2019) (post-conviction relief granted, murder conviction overturned based on prosecutorial misconduct)
• State v. Robert Jarad Prather, 422 S.C. 96, 810 S.E.2d 419 (2017) (reversal of murder conviction)
• Aiken v. Byars, 410 S.C. 534, 765 S.E.2d 572 (2014) (sentencing procedures for juveniles facing life without parole sentences)
• State v. Langford, 400 S.C. 421, 735 S.E.2d 2d 471 (2012) (declaring solicitor control of the criminal docket unconstitutional)
• State v. Barnes, WL210878, Jan. 15, 2014 (No. 2010-178247, 27322) (reversing conviction and sentence for death row inmate)
• Vasquez v. State, 388 S.C. 447, 698 S.E. 2d 561 (2010) (reversing sentence for death row inmate)
• Narcisco v. State, 397 S.C. 24, 723 S.E.2d 369 (2012) (remand to determine knowing and intelligent waiver of PCR claims)
• State v. Curtis Elgin, 398 S.C. 39, 726 S.E.2d 231 (2012) (juror misconduct)
• State v. Norman Starnes, 388 S.C. 590, 698 S.E.2d 604 (2010) (state capital defendant)
• State v. Coker, 397 S.C. 244, 723 S.E.2d 619 (Ct. App. 2012) (probation violation reversal)
• State v. Boggs, 388 S.C. 314, 696 S.E.2d 597 (Ct. App. 2010) (reversing plea judge’s denial of credit for pre-detention time)
• State v. Lawton, 382 S.C. 122, 675 S.E.2d 454 (Ct. App. 2009) (relevant evidence should have been disclosed, warranting reversal)