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STATE v. RAMSEY

No. 4983.

398 S.C. 275 (2012)

727 S.E.2d 429

The STATE, Appellant, v. James Ervin RAMSEY, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Decided June 6, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney General Alan Wilson , Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh , Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott , Assistant Attorney General Christina J. Catoe , Assistant Attorney General Curtis A. Pauling, III , all of Columbia, for Appellant.

Christopher A. Wellborn , Christopher A. Wellborn, P.A., of Rock Hill, for Respondent.

FEW, C.J.

This appeal involves the circumstances in which the State may use a uniform traffic ticket to commence judicial proceedings in the magistrate court on a charge of criminal domestic violence, first offense (CDV). We hold that the ticket officers issued to James Ramsey for CDV did not commence judicial proceedings. We affirm the dismissal of the charge.

I. Facts and Procedural History

On February 18, 2006, officers responded to a call from...

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