General Sessions is the most serious criminal court in South Carolina. There are two types of criminal court in South Carolina: General Sessions and Magistrate/Municipal Court. In General Sessions penalties generally range from one year incarceration to life in prison without parole. death penalty. South Carolina is divided into 16 Circuits Our lawyers primarily practice in the Thirteenth and Tenth Circuits. The Thirteenth Circuit includes Greenville and Pickens County and the Tenth Circuit includes Anderson and Oconee Counties.

If you are charged with a crime in General Sessions court, an experienced prosecutor called a solicitor will represent the State of South Carolina. Along with the Solicitor’s office, you may be fighting the police, the Sheriff, the Highway Patrol, the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division and maybe even the Attorney General. You need an attorney to aggressively defend you. You need an attorney that knows criminal defense not someone who practices insurance law or real estate.

Susannah Ross and Derek Enderlin have dedicated their practice to criminal defense. They do not do divorces, real estate, or corporate work, they practice criminal law. They are experienced and if you have been charged with a crime they know what to do to help you.