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STATE v. SAMUELS

No. 27255.

403 S.C. 551 (2013)

743 S.E.2d 773

The STATE, Respondent, v. Myron SAMUELS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided May 22, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Griffin , of Lewis, Babcock & Griffin, LLP, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Alan M. Wilson , Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh , Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott , Assistant Attorney General Christina J. Catoe , Assistant Attorney General Mark R. Farthing , and Solicitor Daniel E. Johnson , all of Columbia, for Respondent.

Justice HEARN.

Duplicity is an ill-favored quality in both life and the law, and here we deal with duplicity in several forms. While commonly understood to be synonymous with deceitfulness and double-dealing, when used in the law, duplicity means "[t]he charging of the same offense in more than one count of an indictment." Black's Law Dictionary 541 (8th ed. 2004). After a course of duplicitous conduct in which appellant Myron Samuels romanced two women at the same...

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