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EX PARTE HARRELL v. ATTY. GEN. OF STATE

No. 27412.

409 S.C. 60 (2014)

760 S.E.2d 808

Ex parte Robert W. HARRELL, Jr., Respondent, v. ATTORNEY GENERAL OF the STATE of South Carolina, Appellant. In re State Grand Jury Investigation.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided July 9, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson , Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh , Solicitor General Robert D. Cook , Assistant Deputy Attorney General S. Creighton Waters , Assistant Deputy Attorney General Wayne Allen Myrick, Jr., and Assistant Attorney General Brian T. Petrano , all of Columbia, for Appellant.

Gedney M. Howe III , of Gedney M. Howe III, P.A., and E. Bart Daniel , both of Charleston, and Robert E. Stepp , Robert E. Tyson, Jr. , and Roland M. Franklin, Jr. , all of Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC, of Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM.

The Attorney General appeals the circuit court's order finding the state grand jury lacks subject matter jurisdiction to investigate a violation of the Ethics, Government Accountability, and Campaign Reform Act1 (Ethics Act). We reverse.

FACTS/PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

On February 14, 2013, the Attorney General received an ethics complaint, alleging possible violations of the Ethics Act by the Speaker of the House...

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