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STATE v. BRANTLEY

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279 S.C. 215 (1983)

305 S.E.2d 234

The STATE, Respondent, v. Clifford BRANTLEY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

July 12, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deputy Atty. Gen. C. Tolbert Goolsby, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen. Robert D. Cook and Joseph C. Coleman, Columbia, for appellant.

Staff Atty. Carolyn M. Adams, Columbia, and Sol. Randolph Murdaugh, Jr., Hampton, for respondent.

July 12, 1983.

NESS, Justice:

Appellant Clifford Brantley, Sheriff of Jasper County, was held in contempt of court for failure to appear and testify in Hampton County. Appellant asserts the trial court had no jurisdiction over him and thus lacked authority to hold him in contempt. We disagree and affirm.

The trial judge was presiding over a guilty plea proceeding in Hampton County. Upon being advised the defendant had records in Jasper County, the...

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