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STATE EX REL. McLEOD v. SNIPES

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266 S.C. 415 (1976)

223 S.E.2d 853

STATE of South Carolina ex relatione, Daniel R. McLEOD, Attorney General, Petitioner-Plaintiff, v. Clinton Mitchell SNIPES, Individually, as a uniformed officer of the Florence City Police Force and as Representative of all officers and employees of the State of South Carolina and its political subdivisions entitled by Section 1-234 of the South Carolina Code of Laws to request in writing that the Attorney General of South Carolina appear and defend them in criminal actions arising out of any act done or omitted in good faith in the course of their employment, Respondent-Defendant, and William J. Seaborn, Assistant Director of Law Enforcement, as a member of and as representative of the South Carolina Highway patrol, et al., Intervenors-Defendants.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

March 30, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Daniel R. McLeod, Atty. Gen., A. Camden Lewis and Donald V. Myers, Asst. Atty. Gen., of Columbia, for Petitioner-Plaintiff.

Messrs. E. Lee Morgan, and B. Hicks Harwell, of Florence, for Respondent-Defendant.

Messrs. Frank L. Taylor, and Thomas E. McCutchen, of Columbia, for Intervenors-Defendants.

March 30, 1976.

LEWIS, Chief Justice.

This action for declaratory judgment, brought in the original jurisdiction of the Court by permission, involves a determination of the legality of the Attorney General providing, as directed by Section 1-234, 1962 Code of Laws, representation to officers and employees of the State or of any political subdivision thereof, in criminal prosecutions against such officials, in view of the provisions of Article 5, Section 20...

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