State v. Cogdell

Lewis, Chief Justice:

Appellant was convicted on twenty-one (21) counts of obstructing justice and was sentenced to three (3) years imprisonment. The charges arose out of his failure, while Mayor of the Town of Landrum, South Carolina, to report traffic convictions to the South Carolina Department of Highways and Public Transportation as required by law.

The statute law of this State requires public officials in charge of the disposition of certain cases involving traffic violations to report any convictions to the South Carolina Department of Highways and Public Transportation (Department).…