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STATE v. BELLARDINO

Opinion No. 27924.

429 S.C. 563 (2020)

841 S.E.2d 621

The STATE, Respondent, v. Alice BELLARDINO, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Filed October 23, 2019.

Re-Filed April 8, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth Fielding Pringle , Kieley Marie Sutton , and Constantine George Pournaras , of Columbia, for Petitioner.

Attorney General Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka , of Columbia; and Dana M. Thye , of Columbia, for Respondent.

ORDER

The Court granted Petitioner's request to hear this declaratory judgment matter in our original jurisdiction and held summary courts have the inherent authority to order competency evaluations to protect defendants' due process rights. The State has filed a petition for rehearing, and the Department of Mental Health and the Department of Disabilities and Special Needs have filed a motion to intervene or, in the alternative, a motion to file an amicus curiae...

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