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About the Seminar
The 33rd Annual Criminal Practice in South Carolina seminar is back and better than ever.  Course Planner Amie Clifford has again assembled a diverse and outstanding faculty that includes members of the judiciary, along with solicitors and prosecutors, public defenders, appellate defenders, agency attorneys and private practitioners.  If you are looking for a practical criminal law program with substantive materials, insights on recent cases, legislation, and trending issues - all taught by a truly outstanding faculty, then the 33rd Annual Criminal Practice in South Carolina CLE program from the South Carolina Bar-CLE Division is the seminar for you!

Seminar Agenda
Welcome and Opening Remarks
2023 Significant Appellate Decisions, Issues and Trends
Moderator: Honorable Letitia H. Verdin, South Carolina Court of Appeals
Honorable Barry J. Barnette Solicitor, Seventh Judicial Circuit
Robert M. Dudek, Chief Appellate Defender, S.C. Commission on Indigent Defense
Mark R. Farthing, Sr. Asst. Attorney General, S.C. Attorney General's Office
Stephanie Smart Gittings, Circuit Public Defender, Fourteenth Judicial Circuit
The Right of Confrontation and Smith v. Arizona
Amie L. Clifford, General Counsel and Director of Education Services/S.C. Commission on Prosecution Coordination
S. R. "Rick" Hubbard III, Solicitor, Eleventh Judicial Circuit
Mindy Hervey Lipinski, Circuit Public Defender, Thirteenth Judicial Circuit
Legislative Update
Honorable Thomas E. "Tommy"  Pope, Speaker Pro Tempore, S. C. House of Representatives (Rep., Dist. 47)
Drug Prosecutions:  Legislative Changes and Other Issues
Ashley A. McMahan, Senior Assistant Solicitor, Sixth Judicial Circuit
Understanding South Carolina Prison Sentences
Christina Catoe Bigelow, Deputy General Counsel, S.C. Department of Corrections
Post-Conviction Relief: Update and Tips
Tricia A. Blanchette, Esquire, Law Office of Tricia A. Blanchette, LLC
Rodney Wade Richey, Esquire, Richey & Richey, PA
Ethics for Criminal Practitioners
William M. Blitch, Jr., Disciplinary Counsel, Supreme Court of South Carolina Office of Disciplinary Counsel
Adjourn

Mandatory MCLE Credit Hours
This seminar qualifies for 6.75 MCLE credit hours, including up to 1.0 LEPR credit hour.

This is an Intermediate Level Program.

Note: When submitting your compliance reports to the SC Commission on CLE and Specialization, if you completed this in 2024, please use this course code: 242435ADO.

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