This week, I was at the Laurens County Courthouse, and I ran across a memorial to the lawyers who have lived, worked, and died in this county. Among them was the name of the former owner of my house, Homer Blackwell, who served as the Solicitor for the Eighth Circuit in the early part of the 20th Century. I knew Mr. Blackwell was a laywer and legislator, but I knew little about him personally or his career. So, I browsed through old copies of the Laurens Advertiser to see

In law school, Evidence was one of my favorite subjects to study. In fact, I liked it so much, I took both Evidence and 'Advanced' Evidence from Warren Moise, an excellent professor and respected lawyer, I might add. So, this week, we look at an opinion from the South Carolina Court of Appeals just published on March 29, 2017 - State v. Clyde Bowen Davis. This appeal from Greenville county involved a man, Clyde Davis, who was convicted on a charge of "conspiracy to traffic