State Of Georgia v. Mark Randall Meadows ( 2022 )

THIS OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE. IT SHOULD NOT BE
CITED OR RELIED ON AS PRECEDENT IN ANY PROCEEDING
EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 268(d)(2), SCACR.
THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Supreme Court
State of Georgia, Respondent,
v.
Mark Randall Meadows, Appellant.
Appellate Case No. 2022-001604
Appeal From Pickens County
The Honorable Edward W. Miller, Circuit Court Judge
Memorandum Opinion No. 2022-MO-010
Submitted November 17, 2022 – Filed November 29, 2022
AFFIRMED
James W. Bannister, of Bannister, Wyatt & Stalvey,
LLC, of Greenville, for Appellant.
Andrew John Savage, III, of Savage Law Firm, and
Christopher W. Adams, of Adams Bischoff LLC, both of
Charleston, for Respondent.
Costa M. Pleicones, William C. McKinney, and
Jonathan D. Klett, all of Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.,
of Greenville, for Amici Curiae Current and Former
Prosecutors.
PER CURIAM: Pursuant to the Uniform Act to Secure the Attendance of
Witnesses from Without a State in a Criminal Proceeding,1 a South Carolina circuit
court ordered Appellant to appear and testify, on November 30, 2022, before a
Special Purpose Grand Jury empaneled in Fulton County, Georgia, to investigate
allegations of possible attempts to disrupt the lawful administration of the
November 2020 elections in Georgia.
Appellant appealed the order of the circuit court and filed a motion to certify the
appeal to this Court, arguing the merits of his appeal in his motion. We granted the
motion to certify the appeal and, because of the exigent circumstances involved in
the matter, requested a response from the State of Georgia to the arguments
presented by Appellant in the motion to certify.
We have reviewed the arguments raised by Appellant and find them to be
manifestly without merit. Accordingly, we affirm the order of the circuit court
pursuant to Rule 220(b)(1), SCACR.
AFFIRMED.
BEATTY, C.J., KITTREDGE, HEARN, FEW and JAMES, JJ., concur.
1
Both South Carolina and Georgia have adopted the Act. See S.C. Code Ann.
§§ 19-9-10 to -130 (2014); Ga. Code Ann. §§ 24-13-90 to -97 (2013).