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STATE v. MEANS

No. 26105.

367 S.C. 374 (2006)

626 S.E.2d 348

The STATE, Petitioner, v. Gerald MEANS, Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided February 6, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney General Henry D. McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Charles H. Richardson, and Assistant Attorney General David A. Spencer, all of Columbia, and John R. Justice, of Chester, for Petitioner.

Acting Deputy Chief Attorney Wanda H. Carter, of the South Carolina Office of Appellate Defense, of Columbia, for Respondent.

Justice BURNETT:

We granted the State's petition for a writ of certiorari to review the Court of Appeals' reversal of the conviction of Gerald Means (Respondent) based on a lack of subject matter jurisdiction by the circuit court. We reverse.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

A county grand jury issued the following indictment against Respondent in March 2001:

INDICTMENT FOR CRIMINAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE—AGGRAVATED That Gerald...

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