Larry Dale Dove, of Dove Law Group, of Rock Hill, for Petitioners. David E. Simpson, of Rock Hill, Shawn L. Reeves, of Columbia and Melinda Inman Butler, of the Butler Law Firm, of Union, for Respondents. Brenda L. Gorski, of Georgetown, for the Guardian ad Litem.

The Court granted certiorari to review the Court of Appeals' decision in South Carolina Department of Social Services v. Boulware, Op. No. 2016-UP-220 (S.C. Ct. App. filed May 19, 2016).

Appellate Defender LaNelle Cantey Durant, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Attorney General Alan Wilson, Chief Deputy Attorney General J. Robert Bolchoz, Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka, all of Columbia, and Solicitor E.L. Clements, III, of Florence, for Respondent.

The Court granted certiorari to review the decision in State v. Scott, Op. No. 2015-UP-513 (S.C. Ct. App. filed Nov. 12, 2015), wherein the Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court's refusal to grant Petitioner immunity from prosecution pursuant to the Protection of Persons and Property Act.

Appellate Defender Susan Barber Hackett, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson, Chief Deputy Attorney General J. Robert Bolchoz, Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka, and Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Melody Jane Brown, all of Columbia; and Solicitor Scarlett Anne Wilson, of Charleston, all for Respondent.

The Court reviews the court of appeals' decision in State v. Collins, Op. No. 2016-UP-034 (S.C. Ct. App. filed Jan. 20, 2016), regarding the Double Jeopardy Clause and the admissibility of victim-reputation evidence.

Keir M. Weyble and Sheri L. Johnson, both of Cornell Law School, of Ithaca, New York and Chief Appellate Defender Robert M. Dudek, of Columbia, for Appellant. Attorney General Alan Wilson, Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka, Assistant Attorney General J. Anthony Mabry, all of Columbia, and Solicitor Jimmy A. Richardson, of Conway, for Respondent.

This case is a direct appeal from Appellant's conviction for murder and sentence to death.

Chief Appellate Defender Robert Michael Dudek and Appellate Defender Lara M. Caudy, both of Columbia, for Petitioner. Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson, Chief Deputy Attorney General J. Robert Bolchoz, and Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka, all of Columbia; and Solicitor Scarlett Anne Wilson, of Charleston, all for Respondent.

Ryan P. Deleston petitioned for a writ of certiorari, claiming (1) the court of appeals erred in affirming the trial court's refusal to allow Deleston to cross-examine witnesses in violation of Rule 404(b), SCRE, the rule on third party guilt, and Deleston's due process right to present a complete defense; and (2) the court of appeals erred in finding the trial court's instruction to the jury that a trial was "a search for the truth in an effort to make sure that justice is done" was not reversible error. We granted certiorari.

M. Dawes Cooke, Jr., of Barnwell Whaley Patterson & Helms, LLC, of Charleston, and Frederick K. Sharpless, of Sharpless & Stavola, PA, of Greensboro, North Carolina, for Petitioners. A. Camden Lewis, Keith M. Babcock and Ariail Elizabeth King, all of Lewis Babcock, LLP, of Columbia, for Respondents.

The Court granted certiorari to review the court of appeals' decision in Bennett v. Carter, Op. No. 2015-UP-491 (S.C. Ct. App. filed Oct. 14, 2015).

Disciplinary Counsel Lesley M. Coggiola and Deputy Disciplinary Counsel Barbara Marie Seymour, both of Columbia, for the Office of Disciplinary Counsel. Paul Thomas Collins, of Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough, of Columbia, for Respondent.

This is an attorney disciplinary matter.