It has also raised questions about whether Mullen, who presided over the settlement case involving the estate of Gloria Satterfield, the Murdaughs' longtime housekeeper who died after a fall in. Pascoe, in his letter, said that he became aware of the deposition, and the questions it raised about Mullens conduct, after talking recently with attorney Eric Bland of Columbia. Reach Glenn Smith at 843-937-5556. Last spring, Barnette re-indicted Quinn. SOUTH CAROLINA LAWYER ALEX MURDAUGH FACES SEVERAL NEW CHARGES. In isolated, poor regions of South Carolina, coming from an lite family offered a feeling of impunity. Specifically, new revelations suggest the judge was using her position on the bench to try and obtain information on would-be political rivals. "Judge Mullins said she'll find him a ride to that gas station and then call deputies to arrest Lotito," the report states. Pascoes letter says that based on Westendorfs statements at his deposition, Bland has also filed a complaint against Judge Mullen. South Carolina Supreme Court set for all-male bench, Study: Rainwater is unsafe due to "forever chemicals". Carmen Mullen Fiasco: South Carolina Supreme Court Should Remove Her From The Bench. She dropped off her daughter and she drove to the home with her husband "to make sure the responding officers knew Ernie was mentally ill so they would not hurt him," she said. In January, lawyers for the Stinney family argued in court that the verdict needed to be dismissed because of errors in the prosecution. The Satterfield family was thrust into the spotlight last September when a lawsuit filed by attorneys Eric Bland and Ronnie Richter alleged that Murdaugh, with the help of two friends lawyer Cory Fleming and banker Westendorf had orchestrated a scheme to steal $505,000 in homeowners insurance from the estate of Satterfield, who was living in a trailer and had been the familys housekeeper for more than 20 years. from the Lowcountry crime and corruption saga have sparked at least two complaints with the ODC about District Judge Carmen Mullen, a Hilton Head attorney who faced questions . The state judge even offered to arrange for the man to get a ride to a gas station where he was banned so deputies could arrest him for trespassing, according to the report. His issues at Florida, and to some extent Mississippi State, revolved around recruiting. At the very least, Mullens continued failure to set a hearing in the remaining ProbeGate cases is cause for her to be removed from that case . Real-time updates and all local stories you want right in the palm of your hand. Judicial Merit Selection Commission (SCJMSC). For those of you unhip to legal jargon,ex parteis Latin for one side only and refers to a judge having conversations with one party to a legal action (or that partys attorneys) outside the presence of the other party (or the other partys attorneys). South Carolina football walk-on works as Statehouse page too July 10, 2022 11:44 PM Find Carmen Mullen's phone number, address, and email on Spokeo, the leading people search directory for contact information and public records. FREE people search provides current address, phone, email, relatives, criminal records, public records & more. Criminal defense attorney Brian Claypool reacts to the latest development in the Murdaugh family murder mystery saga. Obviously a lie in South Carolina. The complaint against Judge Carmen Mullen of Beaufort County by 1st Circuit Solicitor David Pascoe to the Office of Disciplinary Council and the Commission on Judicial Conduct cites a recent sworn transcript of a deposition that mentions Mullen and a court settlement worth millions of dollars. Shortly after the fatal boat crash, and two months before the settlement hearing, Beachs mother filed a wrongful death suit against Alex Murdaugh and others. "When wealthy and politically connected individuals are treated as a privileged class by members of the judiciary, it erodes public trust in government and the fair administration of law," he added. Pascoes complaint and the sworn transcript are the first public allegations that Mullen was aware that her signed settlement order was not going to be filed in court. South Carolina Judge Carmen Mullen defended herself in a statement to media Wednesday after a police report suggested she used her influence to arrest a man. Lydon said making the transcript public should clear up questions involving Westendorfs participation in the handling of the Satterfield estate. Bland, a regular on "Cup of Justice," said on the podcast that he was troubled by the details contained in the Beaufort County report and questioned why the judge chose to insert herself in the 2017 incident. Carmen P Concepcion (age 60) from San Diego, CA - (781) 769-2551. A U.S. Army veteran who covered the 1989 American invasion of Panama, Monk is a former Washington correspondent for The Charlotte Observer. I was told by several lawyer friends of mine that it probably was not a good idea to seek to depose her because I was going to have to ultimately make that request to the supreme court when she declined and that the court most likely would not grant the request, Bland said at the time. 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She said Lotito has struggled in the past and was placed on disability inactive status by the South Carolina Supreme Court in 1995 due to mental illness. Yet a month after her recusal, Mullen signed off on a $4.3 million settlement between Murdaugh and the family of Gloria Satterfield, Murdaughs late housekeeper who died after a trip and fall at his Colleton County home. 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"Impropriety and dishonesty by members of our States judiciary cause real harm to all South Carolinians. GO. Mullen make it clear that in rejecting the original verdict, she was not making a judgment on the guilt or innocence of Stinney. Sep 10, 2016; Starkville, MS, USA; Mississippi State Bulldogs head coach Dan Mullen walks the sideline during the game against the South Carolina Gamecocks at Davis Wade Stadium. Stinney's advocates said the young man was forced to confess, didn't have proper counsel, and wasn't allowed to have his parents around when he was questioned. Thanks for reading my thoughts. Pascoe filed another complaint against Mullen in February of this year based on her purported attempt to benefit a litigant in the Satterfield-Murdaugh matter., The new allegations brought against judge Mullen should not be a surprise to the commission, Pascoe wrote in his 2022 complaint (.pdf), accusing the judge of an unremitting pattern of improper activity that merits close examination and of similar (prior) allegations of misconduct which (have) impugned the integrity of the judiciary., Judge Mullens pattern of alleged conduct threatens to erode public trust in our judiciary, Pascoe added. Furthermore, the court needs to come clean as it relates to the ongoing failure of its self-policing mechanisms (or lack thereof) when it comes to disciplining rogue judges. Negative. Though deputies didn't consider the man a threat to public safety, Mullen suggested she could sign a warrant for his arrest, the report stated. The depositions existence had not been made public up to Tuesday. Satterfield (above) died following a reported slip and fall at the Murdaugh family hunting property in February of 2018, however agents of the S.C. Law Enforcement Division (SLED)opened a criminal investigation into her death in September 2021. Two days later, Lotito was taken to a mental health facility in Myrtle Beach, she said. "It's a legal Hail Mary, and it was caught in the end zone," said Miller Shealy, a professor at the Charleston School of Law. South Carolina Judicial Branch. Carmen Tevis Mullen is a circuit court judge for the Fourteenth Judicial Circuit in South Carolina. Bring it on. South Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice Donald Beatty has assigned Circuit Judge Clifton Newman, of Kingstree, to handle pretrial matters related to "criminal investigations concerning. Heres a breakdown, New SC judge taking over some of Alex Murdaughs criminal cases. Site Map. "We know that law enforcement separated the Defendant from his parents and otherwise took advantage of his age and stature to garner a result they determined to be true and just.". . Those charges were later dismissed, state court records show. Sources familiar with this relationship say it remains extremely close with Manning often referring to Mullen as his daughter.. The judge, who lives in the area, told a deputy that she was "very familiar" with Lotito and had tried to help him in court in the past. "Given the particularized circumstances of Stinney's case, I find by a preponderance of the evidence standard, that a violation of the Defendant's procedural due process tainted his prosecution," she wrote. We found Laura K West in Laura K West, . He graduated from the University of Missouri with an emphasis in investigative reporting. Read moreUnderstand Murdaugh: The Murdaughs' estate and its mysterious buyer, The Post and Courier File/Brad Nettles/Staff. 402, and 403 of the South Carolina Rules of Evidence. Murdaugh, according to the lawsuit and arrest warrants, later funneled the settlement money to himself, laundering through a personal Bank of America checking account. "It's got to be fair it's got to be just or it can't be relied upon and when people have distrust for the system then obviously we have complete breakdown of social order.". He was awarded South Carolinas top honor for assertive journalism in 2020. George Stinney Jr. (October 21, 1929 - June 16, 1944), was an African American boy, who at the age of 14 was convicted, in a proceeding later vacated as an unfair trial, and executed, for the murders of two young white girls in March 1944 Betty June Binnicker, age 11, and Mary Emma Thames, age 7 in his hometown of Alcolu, South Carolina.He was convicted, sentenced to death, and . Her handling of this matter demonstrates a lack of competence at a minimum and implicates the Code of Judicial Conduct, wrote Pascoe. But Lydon said he had not seen a transcript. Text Only Page. Lydon, Westendorfs attorney, on Tuesday confirmed that his client had given the deposition to Bland. Readers will recall Mullens husband Hilton Head, S.C. attorneyGeorge E. Mullen has contributed thousands of dollars to the campaigns of ethically challenged S.C. lawyer-legislatorLuke Rankin, who currently serves as chairman of the powerful S.C. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, AFFIRMED : . Murdaughs son Paul was allegedly at the helm and drunk at the time. "An unremitting pattern of improper activity". "I don't have a murder weapon, I don't have bloody clothes, I don't have a written confession," Mullen said. Who is Spencer Roberts, a newly introduced SC defendant linked to Smith and Murdaugh? She offered that "the sheriff's report does not accurately relay the conversations that occurred that night over an approximately 30 minute exchange in which my husband and I were deeply concerned about Ernie's behavior and his well-being.". Pascoe was originally responsible for overseeing the criminal case against Quinn, but last year S.C. attorney generalAlan Wilson referredall remaining criminal cases connected to ProbeGate to S.C. seventh circuit solicitorBarry Barnette. I reported on all of this extensively last fall, noting Manning has been a longtime mentor to Mullen who was his former law clerk. A hearing has been tentatively scheduled, but it keeps getting bumped back.. The deputy responded correctly.. The request was unusual because lawyers are not supposed to seek to question judges about their official actions. Lawyers for the Satterfield sons said they hadnt seen a dime of the settlement money and didnt learn of the millions of dollars they were entitled to until after it was reported by media around the same time Alex Murdaugh allegedly attempted to have himself killed in a botched roadside shooting in Hampton County in September 2021. Back in 1944, Stinney was convicted of killing 11-year-old Betty Binnicker and 7-year-old Mary Emma Thames in the Clarendon County town of Alcolu. His work has garnered Missouri and South Carolina Press Association awards for investigative, enterprise, in-depth, health, growth and government reporting. The crash injured other teenage passengers, and the charges against Paul were still pending when he and his mother and Alexs wife, Maggie Murdaugh, were murdered on their Colleton County property in June 2021 in a double homicide that remains unsolved nearly 10 months later. In her emailed statement, Mullen said she was driving home with her daughter on Dec. 7, 2017, when she saw emergency vehicles outside the home where Lotito was staying. During the trial, psychologist Dr. Amanda Salas, a defense witness, said Stinney likely confessed because of the power differential between his position as a 14-year-old black male being questioned by white, uniformed law enforcement in a small segregated town. Mullen . Follow him on Twitter @glennsmith5. HILTON HEAD A South Carolina judge whose ties to disgraced attorney Alex Murdaugh have come under scrutiny is now defending her actions in a just-revealed 2017 incident in which she allegedly tried to orchestrate the improper arrest of a troubled man in her neighborhood. Glenn Smith is editor of the Watchdog and Public Service team and helped write the newspapers Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation, Till Death Do Us Part. Reach him securely on Signal at 843-607-0809 or by email at gsmith5@protonmail.com. And she's also become exceedingly popular with the black community for her December 2014 ruling . All rights reserved. especially in the midst of such division in our nation. John Monk has covered courts, crime, politics, public corruption, the environment and other issues in the Carolinas for more than 40 years. Beach was thrown from Alex Murdaughs boat in February 2019 while his underage and allegedly drunken son, Paul Murdaugh, was driving and crashed into a waterway bridge. Bland attempted to depose Mullen in the hopes of getting answers regarding her role in the Satterfied saga, but veteran S.C. circuit court judgeCasey Manningallegedly intervened on her behalf andBland backed down. Three former legislative leaders with ties to Quinn (above) pleaded guilty to corruption charges and resigned their offices in connection with this investigation: Former S.C. Senate president John Courson, former House majority leaderJimmy Merrill and former House majority leaderRick Quinn (Richard Quinns son). Bland told The Post and Courier he doesn't question Mullen's intent and desire to get the man psychiatric treatment, but "signing arrest warrants and possibly taking him to a gas station and getting him arrested there just doesn't seem like the right way to do it.". You read that right: A sitting judge presiding over a public corruption case attempted to go offline with the prosecutor in that case to get inside information on whether one of her potential political rivals was implicated. Murdaugh Sr. was succeeded by his son, . Alex Murdaugh gives up stake in deceased wifes estate. The teen's prosecution had "fundamental, constitutional violations of due process," Judge Carmen Mullen of South Carolina's 14th Judicial Circuit said in her ruling that stemmed from a. Lotito, 58, could not be reached for comment through known phone numbers and an email. 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