POWELL v. KEEL

Opinion No. 28033.

433 S.C. 457 (2021)

860 S.E.2d 344

Dennis J. POWELL, Jr., Respondent, v. Mark KEEL, Chief, State Law Enforcement Division, and The State of South Carolina, Appellants.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Filed June 9, 2021.

Rehearing Denied August 4, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adam L. Whitsett and Paul Thomas Ahearn, III , both of the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division; and Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Assistant Attorney General Harley Littleton Kirkland , all of Columbia, for Appellants.

Jonathan Edward Ozmint , of The Ozmint Firm, LLC, of Columbia, and Elise Freeman Crosby , of Crosby Law Firm, LLC, of Georgetown, for Respondent.

Blake Terence Williams , Amber Modestine Steele Hendrick , and Daniel J. Westbrook , all of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP, of Columbia, for Amicus Curiae South Carolina Office of Appellate Defense.


This appeal arises from the circuit court's grant of summary judgment in favor of Dennis Powell, Jr. ("Respondent") on his claims challenging the internet publication and lifetime duration of his mandated registration as a sex offender under the South Carolina Sex Offender Registry...

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