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ROTON v. SPARKS

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270 S.C. 637 (1978)

244 S.E.2d 214

Raymond H. ROTON, Sheriff of Newberry County, Appellant, v. Arthur C. SPARKS, Chairman, and James L. Braswell, L. Bruce Wessinger, Charles L. Lake, David L. Wedaman, Cecil E. Kinard, John E. Seibert and George R. Summer, members of Newberry County Council, James D. Burwell, County Administrator, and the County of Newberry, Respondents.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

May 2, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pope & Schumpert, Newberry, for appellant.

Blease, Griffith & Stone, and T. William Hunter, Newberry, for all respondents other than George R. Summer.

May 2, 1978.

LEWIS, Chief Justice:

The question to be decided is whether the detention area of the Newberry County Law Enforcement Complex is the county jail for Newberry County within the meaning of Sections 24-5-10 et eq., 1976 Code of Laws, thereby giving the appellant, as sheriff, the authority to appoint the jailer to supervise the jail. This appeal is from a ruling by the lower court that the detention...

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