State v. Jason E. Stoots

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Supreme Court The State, Respondent, v. Jason Edwin Stoots, Petitioner. Appellate Case No. 2023-000601 ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEALS Appeal from Greenville County Alex Kinlaw, Jr., Circuit Court Judge Opinion No. 28253 Heard May 21, 2024 – Filed January 23, 2025 REVERSED AND REMANDED Appellate Defender Kathrine Haggard Hudgins, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Senior Assistant Attorney General Mark Reynolds Farthing, of Columbia, for Respondent. JUSTICE FEW: Jason Edwin Stoots was convicted of…