State v. Covert

382 S.C. 205 (2009)

675 S.E.2d 740

The STATE, Petitioner/Respondent,

v.

Kevin COVERT, Respondent/Petitioner.

No. 26632.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Heard January 21, 2009.

Decided April 13, 2009.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott and Senior Assistant Attorney General Norman Mark Rapoport, all of Columbia, and Robert Mills Ariail, of Greenville, for Petitioner/Respondent.

Katherine Carruth Link, of West Columbia, for Respondent/Petitioner.

Justice PLEICONES:

We granted certiorari to review the…