State v. Manning

ACTING JUSTICE TOAL:

We granted the State’s petition for writ of certiorari to consider the court of appeals’ decision, State v. Manning, Op. No. 2014-UP-411 (S.C. Ct. App. filed Nov. 19, 2014), holding the trial court erred in failing to conduct an evidentiary hearing to determine whether the immunity provision of the Protection of Persons and Property Act (the Act)1 applied and *41remanding the case to the trial court to conduct a full hearing. We reverse.

Facts/Procedural Background

Theodore Manning (Respondent) was charged with murder following the death of his girlfriend, Mikki McPhatter (the…