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.
In State v. Owens, decided today by the SC Court of Appeals, the Court affirmed Owens’ conviction for murder, but also provided a proposed jury instruction on the defense of accident for future trials. The Court also found that a photograph introduced at trial by the prosecutor, that shows the victim hugging his brother, was not ...
What happens after a hung jury in SC? A jury verdict in SC must be unanimous – 12 jurors must all vote guilty or they must all vote not guilty, and there is no in-between. When the jury cannot reach a decision, they will usually send a note out to the judge letting him or ...
There are no FOIA exemptions for discovery materials in SC, although there are exemptions that may prohibit disclosure of specific material that is requested under FOIA if it would have been prohibited in discovery. If you are an attorney who has ever sent a FOIA request to local law enforcement agencies, you may be familiar with a ...
Is there a way to get electronic monitoring removed in SC? Some sex offenses in SC require electronic monitoring in addition to the sex offender registry, while the court may require electronic monitoring for other offenses. Some events, like a violation of probation or conviction for failure to register, may also trigger a requirement of electronic monitoring. Since 2012, ...
