State v. Derrick T. Mills

Summary

The Supreme Court of South Carolina affirmed the conviction for armed robbery, holding that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in recalling the jury after a mistrial and accepting the jury’s pre‑discharge verdict. The Court reasoned that the brief, undisrupted interval and the jury’s confirmation of its prior verdict justified the recall. The decision rests on a fact‑intensive inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the jury’s discharge and reassembly.