You can be charged with DUI in South Carolina if you are in or on any vehicle that is powered by a motor. South Carolina police have charged people with DUI while: Riding a lawn mower, Driving a tractor, and Riding a moped (even when S.C.'s DUI law didn’t cover...
Criminal Profilers: Two Cases are Now Waiting for the Supreme Court
Last week, the S.C. Court of Appeals reversed a Lexington, S.C. conviction for murder and armed robbery based on the testimony of a criminal profiler. In State v. Prather, the Court of Appeals dodged the issue of whether a criminal profiler’s testimony should ever be...
Defective Construction of Charleston, S.C. Condos
A recent South Carolina Court of Appeals opinion affirmed a verdict of nearly $10 million for Charleston property owners compensating them for the damages that they suffered from defective construction of their condominium units. When developers lie to prospective...
Lawsuit Filed Against Polk County Sheriff
Last week, I wrote about the Polk County Sheriff’s announcement that if any person with an outstanding warrant sought shelter from the hurricane they would be arrested: If you go to a shelter for #Irma and you have a warrant, we’ll gladly escort you to the safe and...
South Carolina DUI Enforcement Awards
South Carolina continues to provide incentives for law enforcement to make as many DUI arrests as possible without reference to the quality of the cases that they make. South Carolina Department of Public Safety has a list here of the winners of the 12th Annual DUI...
South Carolina Lawsuit Filed Over Faulty Eclipse Glasses
A class action lawsuit was filed in Charleston, S.C. against Amazon for selling faulty, un-approved eclipse glasses that caused damage to eclipse watchers’ eyes. A South Carolina couple says faulty eclipse glasses purchased through Amazon left them with dark spots and...
SC DUI Requirements for Blood Tests
There are three ways that Myrtle Beach, S.C. police can obtain evidence of a driver’s blood alcohol content (BAC): the breathalyzer, urinalysis, or a blood sample. Salt Lake City Detective Jeff Payne’s meltdown when a hospital nurse refused to allow him to draw blood...
Will the Police Arrest Me for Outstanding Warrants During a Hurricane?
If you have arrest warrants in Conway, Myrtle Beach, or the Horry County area, it is in your best interest to get them resolved as soon as possible. The criminal defense lawyers at Coastal Law, LLC, can help you with this. What happens if the bench warrant is not...
Myrtle Beach S.C. is the Third Most Dangerous City in the U.S.
Safewise.com has published their yearly list of “The 30 Most Dangerous Cities in America,” and Myrtle Beach, S.C. has moved to the nation’s number three spot. The numbers are based on the FBI’s crime statistics on a per capita basis which show that Myrtle Beach has a...
Types of Damages in Personal Injury Cases
In the “hot-coffee lawsuit” of 1992, a McDonald’s customer sued the fast-food giant after spilling hot coffee in her lap and suffering third-degree burns. The court ordered the fast-food giant to pay $2.86 million in damages: $640,000 for medical treatment and $2.7...