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The South Carolina Circuit Court is the state court of general jurisdiction of the U.S. state of South Carolina. It consists of a civil division (the Court of Common Pleas) and a criminal division (the Court of General Sessions). The Circuit Court is the state trial court of general jurisdiction in South Carolina.
These states include Delaware, [26] Georgia, [27] Massachusetts, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina and West Virginia. In South Carolina, criminal trials in the state's judicial circuits are overseen by a "circuit solicitor" whose role is analogous to that of district attorney in most ...
This category is for circuit solicitors in South Carolina, elected representatives of the state for the prosecution of criminal offenses in each of the judicial circuits. (Solicitors are the equivalent of district attorneys in many other states.)
Solicitor, [b] or more fully a circuit solicitor, is the term South Carolina uses to refers to its prosecutors. [13] One solicitor is elected for each of the state's 16 judicial circuits, consisting of two to five counties. [13] [14] Appointed assistants to a circuit solicitor are assistant solicitors. [14]
A map showing the judicial circuit districts of South Carolina. From 1920 to 2006, three members of the Murdaugh family served as the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th circuit solicitors for the five-county area of South Carolina's Lowcountry region within the 14th judicial district; [1] [2] the family's influence in the area led to it being colloquially known as "Murdaugh Country."
South Carolina’s judicial system has become one of the hottest topics among state leaders, as some say the system is plagued by perceptions of unfairness and influence by powerful lawmakers. Now ...
A solicitor (or attorney) is a lawyer who prepares cases and gives advice on legal subjects. In some jurisdictions, solicitors also represent people in court. Fused professions, where lawyers have rights of both barristers and solicitors, have emerged in other former English common law jurisdictions, such as the United States, India, and Pakistan.
David Michael Pascoe (born March 2, 1967) is an American lawyer serving as the First Circuit Solicitor in the state of South Carolina since 2005. The First Circuit comprises Dorchester, Calhoun, and Orangeburg counties.