South Carolina court upholds tax on illegal drugs
The South Carolina Supreme Court ruled the 1993 tax law on marijuana and controlled substances stands, not violating double jeopardy. Demetric McMullin faces a $105,207 tax assessment after cocaine possession charges, with Chief Justice Finney dissenting and arguing the similarities to Montana’s struck law.
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Mom Reclaims Children From Mexico After Long Quest
Cynthia Hill retrieved her three children from Vera Cruz after traveling 4 531 miles and navigating Mexican authorities. Authorities earlier said they could not help, but Hill followed a newspaper article to reunite with 5-year-old twins Jonathon and Joshua and 4-year-old Lucinda.
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Andres Villanueva
Villanueva
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Shirley Abernathy
Debbie Powell
Immigration Service Opens Training School in Charleston
The Immigration and Naturalization Service will train Border Patrol agents this summer at the old Charleston Naval Base. Starting April 2, after case closure, the agency begins initial training for the first agents. Over three years at least 2,400 agents will be trained here, with new driving courses and firing ranges ahead of an August opening. The school, creating about 100 permanent jobs, is expected to bring tens of millions to the local economy and was the center of a political dispute between South Carolina and Arkansas last year.
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Teens charged in cross burning prank in ARWENVILLE
Jedrick Collins 17 Jason Roberts 17 and John McDaniel 18 all of Pelzer were arrested on charges of burning personal property after a cross was set alight in the Canterbury subdivision median over a weekend prank. They faced up to three years in prison if convicted.
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Jason Roberts
John McDaniel
Pelzer
Terence Brooks
Canterbury
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Two Plead Guilty To Making Fake Tax Forms
GREENVILLE AP Two Up state residents pleaded guilty to preparing fake tax forms, the IRS says. Melinda D. Earle 32 and Geral dine C Ferguson 43 both of Sene-
Walterboro Attorney Suspended For Two Years
COLUMBIA AP The state Supreme Court suspended Walterboro lawyer Everett W. Bennett Jr for two years after he admitted using client funds for personal expenses. He also acknowledged failing to return client phone calls and not responding to a grievance board.
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Walterboro
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Court Rules Judge Mishandled Inmate Hostage Case
An inmate in a South Carolina prison had his conviction overturned by the state Court of Appeals. The court held Circuit Judge Jerald Smoak should have instructed jurors they could find Danny Lee Campen guilty but mentally ill in the April 1998 hostage attempt at Allendale Correctional Institution. Campen faced charges of assault with intent to kill and taking hostages while already serving life plus 25 years from a 1991 murder and armed robbery conviction.
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