BENNETT v. STATE

No. 26565.

380 S.C. 215 (2008)

669 S.E.2d 594

Earl BENNETT, Maurice Jerome Simmons, Conrad N. Hallums, Kenneth S. Majors, Wallace Grant, James Cobbs, Paul Medlin, Joshua Charles Cook, Joshua Collins, Christopher Taybron, John Thomasson, Respondents, v. STATE of South Carolina, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided November 24, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Deputy Attorney General Robert D. Cook, and Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, all of Columbia, for Petitioner.

Jason D. Kirincich, of Lugoff, for Respondent Earl Bennett; and Maurice Jerome Simmons, Conrad N. Hallums, Kenneth S. Majors, Wallace Grant, James Cobbs, Paul Medlin, Joshua Charles Cook, Joshua Collins, Christopher Taybron, and John Thomasson, pro se Respondents, all of Columbia.


PER CURIAM:

This matter is before the Court pursuant to the State's petition to hear it in our original jurisdiction and for expedited consideration. Because the State's petition presents an issue of public interest, we exercise our authority to review this matter in our original jurisdiction. S.C. Const. art. V, § 5; Rule 229, SCACR; Key v. Currie, 305 S.C. 115, 116, 406 S.E.2d 356, 357...

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