State v. Sweat

386 S.C. 339 (2010)

688 S.E.2d 569

The STATE, Petitioner,

v.

Reginald Craig SWEAT, Respondent. and

The State, Petitioner,

v.

Arthur Bryant, III, Respondent.

No. 26763.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided January 25, 2010.

Heard November 4, 2009.

General Counsel Robert E. Bogan and Assistant General Counsel Rachel D. Erwin, both of Blythewood, for petitioner.

Richard Pearce and Benjamin Moore, both of Aiken, for respondents.

R. Hawthorne Barrett and Danny C. Crowe, both of Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney, of Columbia, for Amicus Curiae Municipal Association of South Carolina.

Justice BEATTY.

This Court…