http://www.southcarolinacriminaldefenseblog.com/ Published by Bobby G. Frederick en-us 2010-03-09T23:39:36-05:00 http://www.southcarolinacriminaldefenseblog.com/2010/03/juvenile_desensitization.html Nothing gets to me quite like spending a morning in the juvenile court. My hat is off to the people that work in there every day. Or not, I haven't decided for sure. It is difficult to watch children being... Juvenile criminal defense Bobby G. Frederick 2010-03-09T23:39:36-05:00 http://www.southcarolinacriminaldefenseblog.com/2010/03/state_v_stahlnecker_csc_with_m.html In State v. Stahlnecker, decided March 1st, the S.C. Supreme Court upheld the conviction of Stahlnecker for first degree criminal sexual conduct (CSC) with a minor and lewd act on a minor. Issue preservation at trial - the Court held... Appellate Opinions Bobby G. Frederick 2010-03-07T21:49:19-05:00 http://www.southcarolinacriminaldefenseblog.com/2010/03/state_v_brayboy_murder_convict.html In State v. Brayboy, decided March 4, the S.C. Court of Appeals reversed Brayboy's murder conviction because the trial judge failed to charge the jury on involuntary manslaughter. Where there is any evidence of manslaughter presented at trial, the jury... Appellate Opinions Bobby G. Frederick 2010-03-07T21:27:01-05:00 http://www.southcarolinacriminaldefenseblog.com/2010/03/2683_days.html That's 7 years, 4 months, and 3 days. Two years and two months ago, I received a letter from an inmate. He had been convicted of burglary 1st degree and sentenced to 15 years (the minimum sentence for burglary 1st... Ethics Bobby G. Frederick 2010-03-03T21:16:26-05:00 http://www.southcarolinacriminaldefenseblog.com/2010/03/it_turns_out_the_crack_was_not_1.html An associate had a drug case pending in Marion County that was supposed to go to trial this week. The officers claimed that they came up on the defendant's car at a park and that they witnessed the defendant (male)... Jury trials Bobby G. Frederick 2010-03-03T20:48:40-05:00 http://www.southcarolinacriminaldefenseblog.com/2010/03/state_v_williams_death_penalty.html In State v. Williams, decided February 8, the S.C. Supreme Court upheld Williams' death sentence following his convictions for murder, kidnapping, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a violent crime. The Court held that 1) it was... Appellate Opinions Bobby G. Frederick 2010-03-03T06:42:04-05:00 http://www.southcarolinacriminaldefenseblog.com/2010/03/state_v_frazier_convictions_fo.html In State v. Frazier, decided February 16, the S.C. Supreme Court upheld Frazier's convictions for murder, conspiracy, and armed robbery in Horry County. This was the second trial, the first conviction being overturned for failing to allow Frazier to call... Appellate Opinions Bobby G. Frederick 2010-03-02T06:05:01-05:00 http://www.southcarolinacriminaldefenseblog.com/2010/03/pcr_trafficking_cocaine_plea_o.html In Kolle v. State, released February 16, the S.C. Supreme Court upheld a grant of post conviction relief, overturning a guilty plea to trafficking cocaine in a North Myrtle Beach case. Kolle pled guilty on the advice of his attorney... Appellate Opinions Bobby G. Frederick 2010-03-01T06:03:57-05:00 http://www.southcarolinacriminaldefenseblog.com/2010/02/pcr_granted_for_failure_to_obj.html In Smith v. State, decided February 16, the S.C. Supreme Court granted post conviction relief to Smith, finding that it was ineffective assistance of counsel to fail to object to hearsay testimony by a forensic interviewer that corroborated and bolstered... Post Conviction Relief Bobby G. Frederick 2010-02-28T20:45:12-05:00 http://www.southcarolinacriminaldefenseblog.com/2010/02/4th_cir_acca_not_triggered_by.html On February 25, in U.S. v. Rivers, the Fourth Circuit held that South Carolina's failure to stop for blue light (FTSBL) statute is not a violent felony for purposes of enhancement under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA). Possession of... Appellate Opinions Bobby G. Frederick 2010-02-28T00:35:07-05:00