State v. Sheldon

HUFF, Judge:

The Orangeburg County Grand Jury indicted Jeffrey C. Sheldon on two charges of reckless homicide. The State appeals the trial court’s pre-trial decision to exclude a report by the South Carolina Highway Patrol’s Multi-disciplinary Accident Investigation Team (MAIT). We reverse and remand.

BACKGROUND

On October 10, 1996, Sheldon, a then on-duty South Carolina State Trooper, was driving his marked patrol vehicle when it collided with a car driven by Rodney Stokes. Stokes and his wife, Wendy, died as a result of the collision. Although state law required the Orangeburg Sheriffs Office,…