STATE v. LEWIS

Opinion No. 28051.

434 S.C. 158 (2021)

863 S.E.2d 1

The STATE, Respondent, v. William D. LEWIS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Filed August 11, 2021.

Rehearing Denied October 12, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clarence Rauch Wise , of Greenwood, for Appellant.

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Senior Assistant Attorney General Mark Reynolds Farthing , of Columbia; Solicitor Kevin Scott Brackett , of York, all for Respondent.


William Lewis, the former Sheriff of Greenville County, asks us to hold the 1829 statute under which he was convicted for misconduct in office relating to a sexual affair with an employee, void for vagueness. Specifically, he asserts that Section 8-1-80 of the South Carolina Code (2019),1 is unconstitutional...

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