UNITED STATES v. CLEMONS

Appellate Case No. 2022-001378. Opinion No. 28202.

442 S.C. 670 (2024)

901 S.E.2d 280

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Patrick Fitzgerald CLEMONS, Defendant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Filed May 1, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

United States Attorney Adair Ford Boroughs, Assistant United States Attorney Kathleen Michelle Stoughton, and Assistant United States Attorney Justin William Holloway, all of Columbia, for Plaintiff.

Elizabeth Franklin-Best, of Columbia, for Defendant.

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson, Chief Deputy Attorney General W. Jeffrey Young, Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka, and Assistant Deputy Attorney General Mark Reynolds Farthing, all of Columbia, for Amicus Curiae State of South Carolina.


Patrick Clemons pled guilty in federal district court to being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g). At the time of his conviction, Clemons had two prior South Carolina convictions for Criminal Domestic Violence of a High and Aggravated Nature (CDVHAN), S.C. Code Ann. § 16-25-65, and one...

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