Court Opinion

ID: 9846121
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-24 03:35:06.278444+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:16:33.662257
License: Public Domain

Justice PLEICONES,
dissenting:
I respectfully dissent. I continue to adhere to my opinion in State v. Benjamin, 353 S.C. 441, 579 S.E.2d 289 (2003), which was overruled by State v. Gordon, 356 S.C. 143, 588 S.E.2d 105 (2003). In my opinion, Benjamin correctly analyzed the seeming tension between S.C.Code Ann. § 17-25-45 (Supp. 2000) and § 17-25-50 (1985). I would reverse the Court of Appeals.