South Carolina Drunk Driving Case Law
Please find, below, selected case laws decided by Supreme Court of South Carolina or Court of Appeals of South Carolina where the terms dui, dwi, drunk driving, or driving under the influence has been mentioned. These cases are not necessarily criminal cases and may include cases where the facts or court decision merely mentions drunk driving related legal terms. You are not to rely on these cases as legal advice nor should you rely on them for accuracy. Please see Terms of Service.
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STATE v. CARTER - 2/16/1987
Heard Oct. 7, 1986.
Decided Feb. 16, 1987.
Appellant James Randall Carter was the driver of an automobile involved in a fatal accident on October 3, 1981. He was charged with driving under the influence (DUI) and reckless...
BALLOU v. SIGMA NU GENERAL FRATERNITY - 12/1/1986
Decided Dec. 1, 1986.
In this action for wrongful death, the appellant Sigma Nu General Fraternity (Sigma Nu), an unincorporated association, appeals from a jury verdict in favor of the respondent Sanford Ray Ballou...
STATE v. KING - 6/9/1986
Heard Feb. 11, 1986.
Decided June 9, 1986.
Appellant Merle W. King was indicted for felony driving under the influence [S.C. Code Ann. § 56-5-2945 (Supp. 1985)]. He was tried, convicted and sentenced. This appeal followed....
STATE v. GRAMPUS - 4/14/1986
Heard Dec. 9, 1985.
Decided April 14, 1986.
Appellant Larry Grampus was indicted, tried and convicted of simple possession of marijuana and felony driving under the influence (felony D.U.I.). He appeals only the latter...
STATE v. SMITH - 4/7/1986
Heard March 11, 1986.
Decided April 7, 1986.
James Weldon Smith (Smith) was found guilty of Second Offense Driving Under the Influence at a jury trial. He was sentenced to one year in prison and fined $1,000, suspended upon...
CHANDLER v. SUITT CONSTRUCTION COMPANY - 4/7/1986
Heard Dec. 10, 1985.
Decided April 7, 1986.
This is an appeal from an order of the circuit court reversing the decision of the Industrial Commission to award worker's compensation benefits. We reverse and remand.
Jack...
STATE v. BOYD - 1/27/1986
Heard Oct. 22, 1985.
Decided Jan. 27, 1986.
Phillip Boyd, who elected to be tried by the judge without a jury, was convicted of possession of marijuana with intent to distribute. Boyd had been previously convicted in 1975...
CITY OF GOOSE CREEK v. BRADY - 1/21/1986
Submitted Oct. 2, 1985.
Decided Jan. 21, 1986.
Appellant was charged with driving under the influence (DUI) and driving left of center. The circuit court reversed the municipal court's dismissal of the DUI charge and...
STATE v. LEONARD - 1/7/1986
Decided Jan. 7, 1986.
Appellants Kirk Leonard and Richard Harrison, Jr. were jointly indicted, tried and convicted of reckless homicide due to the death of Jerrilynn Myra Blount following an automobile collision. In...
STATE v. CARRIGAN - 3/12/1985
Decided March 12, 1985.
Appellant David Earl Carrigan appeals his convictions for driving under suspension of license, driving in violation of the Habitual Traffic Offender Act,
In the early morning hours, Carrigan,...
STATE v. MORGAN - 8/7/1984
Heard June 5, 1984.
Decided Aug. 7, 1984.
The Defendant-Appellant, Robert E. Morgan, was convicted of driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of drugs or alcohol, third offense. He appeals. We affirm.
In the...
STATE v. BODIFORD - 7/18/1984
Submitted April 25, 1984.
Decided July 18, 1984.
Appellant was involved in a motorcycle accident resulting in the death of his passenger. He was charged with
Appellant argues the circuit court was without subject...
STATE v. DOBSON - 3/14/1984
March 14, 1984.
An Oconee County jury convicted appellant Ned Truette Dobson, Jr., of reckless homicide. The trial judge sentenced him to imprisonment for four years, suspended upon service of one year and probation for five...
CITY OF CAYCE v. GRAVES - 3/31/1983
March 31, 1983.
Respondent J. Wilton Graves was convicted of driving under the influence of intoxicants. He appealed his conviction to the circuit court on the ground that cumulative references to his status as a legislator made...
STATE v. WHITTINGTON - 3/15/1983
March 15, 1983.
This appeal presents the question whether S.C. Code Ann. § 56-1-370, as amended (Cum. Supp. 1981) is unconstitutional as violative of the doctrine of separation of powers. We hold it is unconstitutional. ...
IN THE MATTER OF BRADLEY - 12/6/1982
December 6, 1982.
This disciplinary matter is before us for review of the recommendation by the Board of Commissioners on Judicial Standards (Board) that respondent Albert Bradley, Magistrate for Lee County, be publicly...
STATE v. CAIN - 11/24/1981
November 24, 1981.
The appellant was tried in absentia and without counsel and convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol, third offense. He was sentenced to three (3) years' imprisonment and a fine of $2,000. He argues...
STATE v. SMITH - 7/6/1981
July 6, 1981.
Appellant, Alton Smith, was tried and convicted in his absence for third offense
Appellant's sentence was published on April 29, 1980 at which time his motions were marked heard and scheduled for a hearing on...
STATE v. CUMBEE - 4/8/1981
April 8, 1981.
Jessie James Cumbee, Sr. was charged with driving under the influence, first offense. He was tried in a magistrate's court before a jury and found guilty. Cumbee appealed and the circuit court judge reversed the...
STATE v. LOVE - 5/13/1980
May 13, 1980.
Defendant (appellant), a former magistrate for Richland County, South Carolina, was convicted and sentenced on two counts of obstruction of justice, two counts of obtaining goods under false pretenses, and one...
STATE v. BROWN - 5/5/1980
May 5, 1980.
Appellant Marion Eugene Brown was convicted of driving under the influence, third offense. We affirm.
In the early morning hours of December 11, 1977, a police officer observed appellant's vehicle being...
STATE v. NEWTON - 2/12/1980
This is an appeal from a conviction of
Following his arrest, appellant was taken to the Hampton County Jail, where he consented to the administration of a breathalyzer test. After testing the breathalyzer with a standard...
STATE v. BECKHAM - 10/25/1979
October 25, 1979.
Appellant Donnie Beckham was convicted of housebreaking and grand larceny. Prior to trial, Beckham's attorney moved for continuance because of remarks made by the trial judge on the previous day, incident to...
STATE v. PARKER - 7/10/1978
July 10, 1978.
The appellant, Vernon E. Parker, was convicted of driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, second offense, in violation of § 56-5-2930, Code of Laws of South Carolina (1976). He...
S.C. ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL COMM. v. WALL - 6/6/1977
June 6, 1977.
The South Carolina Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission (Commission) appeals from an order of the circuit court directing the Commission to issue a permit to the respondent for the retail sale of beer and wine. We...
CITY OF LAKE CITY v. DANIELS - 4/13/1977
April 13, 1977.
This case is before us upon an appeal from an order of the Judge of the Civil and Criminal Court of Florence. In issuing the order, the judge was acting as an appellate court reviewing the handling of a case by...
STATE v. DAWKINS - 1/26/1977
January 26, 1977.
Appellant was convicted of
The first of the alleged errors deals with an area in which the trial judge is given wide discretion. We find no abuse of discretion here.
We find merit to appellant's...
STATE v. ADAMS - 1/25/1977
January 25, 1977.
Appellant was tried and convicted, in absentia, on a charge of driving under the influence and sentenced to four (4) years imprisonment. This appeal is from an order dismissing his original appeal of the...
MATTER OF BURR - 9/30/1976
September 30, 1976.
After hearings pursuant to our Rule on Disciplinary Procedure, the Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline found the respondent guilty of professional misconduct growing out of representation of...
STATE v. SARVIS - 7/17/1975
July 17, 1975.
The State has appealed from an order of Associate Judge John T. Holt of the Civil and Criminal Court of Horry County reversing the conviction of respondent in Magistrate's Court for
Respondent's conviction...
STATE v. FRANK - 6/6/1974
June 6, 1974.
At the May, 1973 Term of the Court of General Sessions for Greenwood County the defendant-appellant was convicted of receiving stolen goods and sentenced to a term in the Youthful Offender Division of the Department...
STATE v. PRINCE - 2/11/1974
February 11, 1974.
The defendant was arrested for
In this respect, due process requires only "ample notice and opportunity to answer and defend the charges." State v. Brown, 178 S.C. 294, 182 S.E. 838, 841 (1935). We have...
STATE v. CHAVIS - 11/6/1973
November 6, 1973.
This is an appeal from an order of the Honorable John A. Mason, Judge, Richland County Court, dated May 7, 1973, ordering the South Carolina Highway Department to reinstate the motor vehicle driver's license of...
BREWERS v. S.C. STATE HIGHWAY DEPT. - 7/31/1973
July 31, 1973.
Paul Alexander Brewer, the respondent herein, was arrested on February 20, 1972, by a South Carolina Highway Patrolman and charged with operation of a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor,...
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