STATE v. WITHERSPOON

Opinion No. 27675.

418 S.C. 641 (2016)

795 S.E.2d 685

The STATE, Respondent, v. Nathaniel WITHERSPOON, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Filed November 2, 2016.

Rehearing Denied February 9, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chief Appellate Defender Robert Michael Dudek , of Columbia, for Petitioner.

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Assistant Attorney General Mark Reynolds Farthing , both of Columbia; and Solicitor Scarlett Anne Wilson , of Charleston, for Respondent.


Petitioner seeks a writ of certiorari to review the Court of Appeals' opinion in State v. Witherspoon, Op. No. 2015-UP-556, 2015 WL 9080641 (S.C. Ct. App. filed Dec. 16, 2015). We grant the petition, dispense with further briefing, and reverse the Court of Appeals' decision.

At petitioner's trial for first-degree criminal sexual...

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