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STATE v. PASSMORE

No. 3950.

363 S.C. 568 (2005)

611 S.E.2d 273

The STATE, Respondent, v. Melissa PASSMORE, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Decided February 22, 2005.

Rehearing Denied April 21, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Assistant Appellate Defender Tara S. Taggart, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, and Senior Assistant Attorney General Norman Mark Rapoport, all of Columbia; and Solicitor Robert M. Ariail, of Greenville, for Respondent.

ANDERSON, J.:

A family court judge found Melissa Passmore (Appellant) in willful contempt of a prior order and sentenced her to one year in prison. Appellant contends her sentence violates the United States Constitution. We agree but affirm.1

FACTUAL/PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In 1996 the family court issued a written order requiring Appellant and her husband to ensure that their eight-year-old daughter "regularly attend...

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