State v. Hicks

WILLIAMS, J.:

Hoss Hicks (Hicks) appeals the circuit court’s probation revocation and imposition of additional conditions of probation on the grounds that it violated separation of powers principles as well as the Ex Post Facto Clauses of the United States and South Carolina Constitutions. We affirm.

FACTS

On September 14, 2005, Hicks waived grand jury presentment and pled guilty to one count of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature. The charges stemmed from an encounter with a fourteen-year-old girl. Hicks was sentenced to ten years imprisonment suspended upon time served with…