State v. Stewart Jerome Middleton

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Supreme Court The State, Respondent, v. Stewart Jerome Middleton, Petitioner. Appellate Case No. 2020-001665 ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEALS Appeal from Charleston County J. C. Nicholson Jr., Circuit Court Judge Opinion No. 28142 Heard May 19, 2022 – Filed March 22, 2023 REVERSED AND REMANDED Chief Appellate Defender Robert Michael Dudek, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General William M. Blitch Jr., of Columbia; Solicitor Scarlett Anne Wilson, of Charleston, all for…