Attorney Grant B. Smaldone is a trial lawyer focused on criminal defense in state and federal courts in Charleston, SC, and Eastern South Carolina.
Grant takes criminal defense and your freedom seriously. He is a member of the South Carolina Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (SCACDL) and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL). He is a former prosecutor, a former public defender, and he has a proven track record of acquittals and dismissals in criminal cases ranging from traffic violations to murder prosecutions.
Grant accepts state and federal criminal defense cases in Charleston County, Dorchester County, Georgetown County, Horry County, and the surrounding areas in Eastern South Carolina.
If you’ve been charged with a crime in the Charleston, SC area, call at (843) 808-2100 or fill out our online contact form to set up a free consultation to discuss your case.
If you have been convicted of a crime and your direct appeal has been denied, what is your next step? Collateral attack on a conviction is another process by which the courts can correct any mistakes that were made during the trial or direct appeal process. The main type of collateral attack on a conviction ...
How do you appeal a criminal conviction in SC? Whether you were convicted in your absence of a speeding ticket or found guilty by a jury in General Sessions Court, you may be able to keep fighting if you have grounds for an appeal or a collateral attack on the conviction. How do you file ...
Is it legal to record the police in SC? Officer Friendly says the man was reaching into his pocket just before Friendly opened fire and killed him… A few decades ago, that would have been the end of the story. We suspect it may not have happened that way, but where’s the proof? Officer Friendly’s ...
Is it legal to record phone calls in SC? What if you are a party to the phone call? Is that different than if you “tapped” someone’s phone line with a recording device? And what about in-person conversations? Can you turn on a recording device in your pocket or record a conversation on your cell ...
