No. 24-317

Tommy Lee Benton v. South Carolina

Lower Court: South Carolina
Docketed: 2024-09-20
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: double-jeopardy ends-of-justice judicial-discretion manifest-necessity mistrial-standard trial-court-discretion
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Latest Conference: 2024-11-01
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether a trial judge must consider all viable alternatives to a mistrial before finding manifest necessity exists.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a trial judge must consider all viable alternatives to a mistrial before finding manifest necessity exists

Docket Entries

2024-11-04
Petition DENIED.
2024-10-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/1/2024.
2024-10-11
Waiver of right of respondent South Carolina to respond filed.
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2024-09-18
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 21, 2024)
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Attorneys

South Carolina
Melody Jane Brown — South Carolina Attorney General's Office, Respondent
Tommy Lee Benton
Robert Walker Humphrey II — Willoughby Humphrey & D'Antoni, P.A., Petitioner