by Steve Sumner | Feb 22, 2017 | DUI News
CASE NAME: Kathryn Key vs. South Carolina (Case No.: 2016-CP-23-06517; February 4, 2017) FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY: On December, 10, 2015, the Appellant (” Key”) was involved in an automobile wreck at approximately 8:47 a.m. Shortly thereafter,...
by Steve Sumner | Jan 19, 2017 | DUI News
CASE NAME: Georgia vs. Council (Case No. 16-T-18312; December 14, 2016) PROCEDURAL HISTORY: On November 2, 2016, the above-styled case came before this court for a specially set trial, with pending motions filed by the Defendant to be heard immediately prior to...
by Steve Sumner | Jan 11, 2017 | DUI News
Case Name: South Carolina vs. Shannon (Orangeburg County, SC; Court of General Sessions; Case Number 2014A3810700545; Filed August 9, 2016) FACTS: On February 16, 2014, Shannon and Eartha Lee Kennerly (“Kennerly”) were traveling south on Bozard Road in...
by Steve Sumner | Oct 20, 2016 | DUI News
CASE NAME: South Carolina v Taylor; Docket Number 2016-CP-42-2066; October 20, 2016 FACTS: On June 11, 2015, at approximately 4:35 a.m., Lance Corporal R.B. Thornton of the South Carolina Highway Patrol responded to a call regarding a vehicle in a ditch on Nahant...
by Steve Sumner | Oct 7, 2016 | DUI News
CASE NAME: State vs. Walters (SC Ct. App. No. 5443; September 28, 2016) FACTS/PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND: On July 13, 2014, Walters was arrested for DUI in York County. On that date, Trooper Mike McAdams, the arresting officer, administered a horizontal gaze nystagmus...
by Steve Sumner | Sep 8, 2016 | DUI News
The name of the case is Minnesota vs. Fawcett, and it was issued on August 24, 2016, from the Minnesota Supreme Court. The basic facts, arguments and holding appear below: Fawcett drove her car through a red light, causing a collision with another car. A police...