STATE v. TALLENT

Opinion No. 5729.

430 S.C. 438 (2020)

845 S.E.2d 508

The STATE, Respondent, v. Dwayne Cameron TALLENT, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Filed June 10, 2020.

Rehearing Denied August 6, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew J. Kappel , of Law Office of Matthew J. Kappel, PC, and J. Falkner Wilkes , both of Greenville, for Appellant.

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Senior Assistant Attorney General David A. Spencer , both of Columbia; and Solicitor William Walter Wilkins, III , of Greenville, all for Respondent.


This case is chiefly about whether the trial court abused its discretion in declining to sever criminal charges from being tried together. The State alleged that Dwayne C. Tallent sexually abused his minor stepdaughter for several years and he gave her and one of her brothers (the only brother who was a minor at the time) illegal drugs...

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