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STATE v. BRANDT

No. 27014.

393 S.C. 526 (2011)

713 S.E.2d 591

The STATE, Respondent, v. Donald M. BRANDT, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided July 25, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Griffin and Margaret N. Fox, both of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Alan Wilson, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott and Assistant Attorney General Mark R. Farthing, all of Columbia, for Respondent.

Daniel A. Speights, C. Alan Runyan and A. Gibson Solomons, all of Speights & Runyan, of Hampton, for Amicus Curiae Elizabeth K. Gooding.

Justice BEATTY:

After Donald M. Brandt produced a fraudulent document in a civil proceeding, a circuit court held Brandt in civil and criminal contempt. In turn, the court dismissed Brandt's legal malpractice action with prejudice and ordered him to serve six months in jail and pay the defendants' attorneys' fees and costs in the amount of $883,621.93.

Subsequently, based on the fraudulent document, the State indicted Brandt for forgery in an amount greater...

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