JONES v. STATE

Opinion No. 28164.

440 S.C. 14 (2023)

889 S.E.2d 590

Anthony Allan JONES, II, Petitioner, v. STATE of South Carolina, Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Filed June 21, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth Anne Franklin-Best , of Elizabeth Franklin-Best, P.C., of Columbia, for Petitioner.

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General William M. Blitch, Jr. , both of Columbia, for Respondent.

Allison Krause Elder and Katherine Weaver Patterson , both of Greenville, for Amici Curiae Root & Rebound, SC Commission on Indigent Defense, Dr. Kate Kleinfelter, Justice 360, and Cornell Law School Juvenile Justice Clinic; Hannah Lyon Freedman , of Columbia, for Amicus Curiae Justice 360; Dr. Aleksandra Boguslawa Chauhan , of Columbia, for Amicus Curiae SC Commission on Indigent Defense; and John H. Blume, III , of Ithaca, NY, for Amicus Curiae Juvenile Justice Clinic and Cornell Law School.


Petitioner Anthony Jones pleaded guilty on December 12, 2016 to first-degree burglary and armed robbery, crimes he committed at the ages of sixteen and seventeen, respectively. Pursuant to subsection 63-19-20(1),1 the definitional statute of chapter nineteen in the Juvenile Justice Code, the circuit...

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