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STATE v. DYKES

No. 27124.

403 S.C. 499 (2013)

744 S.E.2d 505

The STATE, Respondent, v. Jennifer Rayanne DYKES, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided May 22, 2013.

Rehearing Denied July 24, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deputy Chief Appellate Defender Wanda H. Carter , of Columbia, and Christopher D. Scalzo , of Greenville, for Appellant.

Tommy Evans, Jr. and John B. Aplin , both of Columbia, for Respondent.

E. Charles Grose, Jr. of the Grose Law Firm, of Greenwood, Chief Appellate Defender Robert M. Dudek , of Columbia, and Assistant Public Defender Shane E. Goranson , of Greenwood, for Amicus Curiae, Anthony Nation.

Justice KITTREDGE:

Jennifer Dykes appeals the circuit court's order requiring that she be subject to satellite monitoring for the rest of her life pursuant to sections 23-3-540(C) and (H) of the South Carolina Code of Laws (Supp.2011). We affirm as modified.

Section 23-3-540 represents a codification of what is commonly referred to as Jessica's Law. Many states have some version of this law, which was enacted in memory of Jessica Lunsford, a nine-year-old...

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