Supreme Court of South Carolina, 2004

The court held that the evidence was sufficient to submit the charge of possession of crack cocaine with intent to distribute to the jury because the quantity and packaging of the drugs, cash denominations, absence of paraphernalia, and location supported an inference of intent to distribute.

The court held that SCDOT’s timely first written Rule 59(e) motion tolled the appeal deadline even though it repeated arguments previously raised in oral post-trial motions, and reversed the Court of Appeals’ dismissal of the appeal as untimely.

The court upheld the convictions and sentences of Eric Devon Queen, rejecting challenges concerning joinder, jury selection, jury randomness, jury excusal, jury instructions, conspiracy multiplicity, double jeopardy, discovery, and capital sentencing.

The court affirmed the family court’s judgment as modified, upholding the refusal to recuse, custody of the two younger children to Wife, permanent periodic alimony of $1,500 per month, and monthly child support of $1,150.

The South Carolina Supreme Court affirmed the circuit court’s orders estreating All Out Bail Bonding for three bail bonds, holding the agency liable as surety despite its claim of acting as Frontier Insurance’s agent.