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    The detective has also charged two others with the same charges. She also gave a false statement to one of the others family, saying that my mother handed over a video of their daughter robbing the house. The solicitor isn’t acting pissy. The judge is a circuit court judge, and he wanted all of the charges upfront and tried at the same time.
    The detective also lied and said she only spoke to me as a parent. She asked me to identify two males that I had never seen before. She also said my son helped in the investigation and she couldn’t connect him to any robbery. I understand that we all must face the consequences for our actions, but so should the police. She has lied so much that my parents are getting threats. It’s hard to watch a snake with six heads. While you are looking at one, they are biting you in the butt with the other one.

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    The detective is not the one who ultimately decides on the charges; that is done by the DA.

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    The police are allowed to lie. Without context it's hard to say but the statements you have described are the kinds of things police tell suspects to get them to confess or provide information.

    Was the other county even in the same circuit? The solicitor is being pissy. He spoke in court based on assumptions and it bit him in the butt. If the detective said to him what you claim, he was a fool to tell the court wasn't going to pursue charges without talking to that county's solicitor first.

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    You are exactly right, but the police report only list one person who went into the house. I have the utmost respect for police officers. My cousin died in the line of duty, and another had his arm ripped off by someone on bath salts. This detective flat out lied to all of us, and now her lies are the cause of the threats toward my parents.

    It is him the same circuit, and I have a copy of the email from the detective to the solicitor. This investigation started in August. It is now November and my son was in jail all of September and October. Things do not add up. Including saying that my son was driving his car that is lime green. He has not driven that car since April. It has been locked up due to his drug issue.

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    The detective has no control what a prosecutor, especially in a different area, does regarding a prosecution. A judge doesn’t either so some judge wanting it all of any possible charges at one time is irrelevant. The da files charges when they believe they are warranted and they have adequate belief they will be upheld in court.

    if your son has a valid defense, he will get to present it in court during the trial. What the detective said is not any sort of defense. In fact it’s meaningless. Not being involved and able to prove it is a defense.

    as to the statement about only one person entering the building; how would the detective know? Unless he was actually there, he can’t possibly know with any certainty.

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    . . . The da [sic] files charges when they believe they are warranted and they have adequate belief they will be upheld in court. . . .
    Perhaps you have overlooked the fact that according to the OP the two counties are in the same Judicial Circuit of which there is but one Circuit Solicitor. Being such it might be that one hand is not aware of what the other is doing.

    And since both "hands" or deputy solicitors function under the auspices and at the pleasure of the same Circuit Solicitor it is that person that the boy's attorney needs to seduce not a judge.

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    In the south, particularly, more than one county may be in a circuit, but each county has its own prosecuting attorney, so completely different jurisdictions as far as prosecutors go.

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    In the south, particularly, more than one county may be in a circuit, but each county has its own prosecuting attorney, so completely different jurisdictions as far as prosecutors go.
    I'll make you a small wager that you can't point to any provision in the South Carolina Constitution or South Carolina's Code of Laws wherein there is any mention or reference to "each county having its own prosecuting attorney" or the election or appointment of a county prosecuting attorney and/or district attorney.

    Conversely is the following: (All emphasizing mine)

    "Criminal Prosecution Division
    The South Carolina Constitution designates the Attorney General as the Chief Prosecuting Officer for the State, and along with the sixteen Circuit Solicitors, the Attorney General is responsible for the prosecution of all criminal matters within the South Carolina judicial system. The majority of cases prosecuted by the Attorney General are referred by the local Solicitors. . . . " http://www.scag.gov/criminal-prosecu...#ixzz66n9sjnH2


    South Carolina Constitution

    ARTICLE V

    § 24. Law enforcement officials, prosecutors and administrative officers; Attorney General.

    . . . in each judicial circuit a solicitor shall be elected by the electors thereof. All of these officers shall serve for terms of four years and until their successors are elected and qualify. The General Assembly shall provide by law for their duties and compensation.
    _____________________

    South Carolina Code of Laws

    ARTICLE 3
    Solicitors, Assistants, and Investigators

    SECTION 17310. Number, election and terms of solicitors.
    There is one solicitor for each judicial circuit, to be elected by the qualified electors of the circuit, who holds his office for the term of four years. . .


    SECTION 17405. Appointment of assistant solicitors, investigators and secretaries.
    Each solicitor may appoint as many assistant solicitors, investigators and secretaries as he deems necessary and whose salaries are provided by the counties of the circuit in which they serve. They shall serve at the pleasure of the solicitor and shall have such responsibilities as he directs.

    SECTION 17406. Fulltime assistant solicitor and investigator for each judicial circuit.
    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, each judicial circuit of this State, in addition to its other assistant solicitors, shall have one assistant solicitor and one investigator who shall be fulltime employees. Such assistant solicitor and investigator for each circuit shall be appointed by the solicitor of that circuit, shall serve at his pleasure and shall have such responsibilities as the solicitor directs.

    In addition Sections 17440 thru 17530 permits the solicitors of the various and certain 16 Judicial Circuits to appoint assistant solicitors AND where appropriate "in which county of the circuit such assistant solicitors shall perform their duties." (See: Section 17460)

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    Perhaps you have overlooked the fact that according to the OP the two counties are in the same Judicial Circuit of which there is but one Circuit Solicitor. Being such it might be that one hand is not aware of what the other is doing.

    And since both "hands" or deputy solicitors function under the auspices and at the pleasure of the same Circuit Solicitor it is that person that the boy's attorney needs to seduce not a judge.
    . I didn’t overlook that there are two different prosecutors involved and a prosecutor moves at their own pace. In the end it is irrelevant. There is no obligation prosecutions of different unassociated crimes be undertaken at the same time. Given there would be two totally unique sets of evidence, prosecuting multiple separate crimes would simply bring confusion to the courtroom. While the threat of prosecution of a second crime can and has been used to urge a defendant to enter into a plea bargain involving both crimes, it would appear the prosecutors involved didn’t wish to work these cases in that manner. There is nothing illegal or even improper in doing it the way it was done. If the Circuit Solicitor didn’t wish to somehow link the cases, he isn’t obligated to. He apparently allowed each deputy solicitor to prosecute their cases as they chose.

    It would also appear the second prosecutors case was not ready at the time the first case was tried.

    I’m simply not seeing a problem with the scenario described.


    and I’m a bit confused with your use of [sic] associated with my use of the term “da”(short for district attorney). District attorney is commonly used to refer to a prosecutor, prosecuting attorney, states attorney, solicitor, or any other entity whose function is to file charges and prosecute cases on behalf of the state. Obviously you understood my use of the term.

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