STATE v. COLLINS

Appellate Case No. 2021-001176 Opinion No. 28197.

442 S.C. 444 (2024)

The STATE, Petitioner, v. Randy COLLINS, Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Filed April 3, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Assistant Deputy Attorney General Mark Reynolds Farthing, both of Columbia; and Solicitor Jimmy A. Richardson, II, of Conway, for Petitioner.

E. Brandon Gaskins, of Moore & Van Allen, PLLC, of Charleston, and Chief Appellate Defender Robert Michael Dudek, of Columbia, for Respondent.


Randy Collins was convicted of first-degree arson and criminal conspiracy. The court of appeals reversed and remanded the matter to the circuit court for a new trial on the basis Collins's statement to law enforcement was involuntary and, thus, inadmissible. State v. Collins, 435 S.C. 31, 864 S.E.2d 914 (Ct. App. 2021...

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