Supreme Court of South Carolina

State v. Charles Dent

July 16, 2025

Summary

The South Carolina Supreme Court held that the conviction for criminal sexual conduct in the first degree must be reversed because the indictment was limited to fellatio while the State proved other sexual batteries, creating a material variance that violated due process, and because the trial court erred in denying a directed verdict on the fellatio charge at House 2; the convictions for dissemination of obscene material to a minor were affirmed.