STATE v. LEOPARD

No. 3478.

349 S.C. 467 (2002)

563 S.E.2d 342

The STATE, Appellant, v. Earl L. LEOPARD, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Decided April 15, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney General Charles M. Condon, Chief Deputy, Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy, Attorney General Charles H. Richardson, and Assistant Attorney General Melody J. Brown, all of Columbia; and Druanne D. White, of Anderson, for appellant.

Deputy Chief Attorney Joseph L. Savitz, III, of SC Office of Appellate Defense, of Columbia, for respondent.


STILWELL, J.:

The State appeals the circuit court's dismissal of a charge of criminal domestic violence. We reverse.1

FACTS

Earl L. Leopard moved to dismiss the charge of criminal domestic violence on the basis that the victim did not fit within the statutorily defined class because she was never physically part of his household. The charge arose out of an altercation at...

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