Town of Mount Pleasant v. Chimento
Supreme Court of South Carolina
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Pleicones
Respondents were convicted in municipal court of violating S.C.Code Ann. § 16-19-40(a) (2008) which makes it unlawful to “play ... in any house used as a place of gaming ... any game with cards .... ” after they were found playing Texas Hold’em and gambling in a residence leased by Nathan Stallings.1 On appeal, the circuit court reversed respondents’ convictions finding they were entitled to directed verdicts or, *526alternatively, that § 16 — 19—40(a) is unconstitutional. We reverse.
FACTS
Stallings leased a home in Mt. Pleasant where he lived with his fiancé and a roommate. He used an internet…
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