Who Should Attend?
Public Defenders and Indigent Defense Contract Attorneys who would like a better understanding of Trial Motions and Error Preservation with a Practical Demonstration.
The normal Public Defense 103 program requires live in-person workshops. Until we are able to resume our regular live workshops, SCCID is offering this abbreviated program to provide instruction on basics of trial motions and record preservation.
Although this seminar is intended primarily for Public Defenders with fewer than three years' experience and for Indigent Defense Criminal Contract
Attorneys with fewer than 3 years’ experience as a public defender or equivalent trial practice as a criminal defense attorney,
SCCID is pleased to be able to open registration to this Webex Event to any interested SC Public Defender or Indigent Defense Contract Attorney.
Prior participation in PD101 and PD102 is not a prerequisite.
Cost: Free
To Register: CLOSED
CLE Info: Level of Instruction: Introductory/Intermediate
MCLE Credit: 2.33 hours
MCLE Course Number: 212699ADO
Required Reading:
The Demonstration Portion of the seminar will use two fact patterns, one for a DUI case and the other for a Domestic Violence case. In order to understand the facts and issues in the demonstration, PLEASE CLICK THE LINK BELOW AND REVIEW THE SHORT FACT SCENARIOS that will be used in the Demonstration:
DUI & Domestic Violence Fact Scenarios
Please have the Pre-Trial Motions Outline linked below handy for the Motions Presentation:
Pre-Trial Motions Outline
Attention Verification:
We will be using code words to verify your attention during this event. Each section of the Agenda will have at least one code word which is assigned a point value equal to the number of minutes in that session. At the end of the event, when you exit, you should be taken to a survey page where you will be required to provide the code words. You will receive CLE credit for the event based on your correct responses. If you miss a code word during the event, just select "Missed" as your answer. Please print a copy of the Agenda, which has a space to write down the code words during the seminar, so you'll have them handy for the survey.
Agenda with Code-Word Space
NOTES:
1. Providing code words to or requesting them from other attendees is not permitted.
2. If you miss a code word due to technical problems, please email me immediately to document the problem: LBrown@sccid.sc.gov
3. If you do not get the survey at the end of the seminar, please email me immediately to notify me AND provide me with your name, SC Bar number, and code words with numbers.
Program Agenda
Faculty Profiles
ROBERT DUDEK
Chief Appellate Defender, South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense
Robert M. Dudek is the Chief Appellate Defender for the Appellate Division of the Commission on Indigent Defense. He is a graduate of the University of South Carolina College of Journalism. Dudek was a VISTA volunteer in Alaska in 1980. He also is a graduate of the University of South Carolina School of Law. He has been an Appellate Defender since 1990 serving first as an Assistant Appellate Defender, then the Deputy Chief Attorney for Capital Appeals, and now as the Chief Appellate Defender. Dudek has presented on the topic of Preserving the Record for Appellate Review at the invitation of the Chief Public Defenders for many years. He has also been a long time presenter at the Public Defender Convention on the Case Law Update. Dudek has also presented at the Public Defender Convention on the Death Penalty and Preserving the Record for Appeal. He has also presented on various topics at the Best Practices Seminar in Charleston for several years.
ASHLEY PENNINGTON
Circuit Public Defender, 9th Judicial Circuit
Ashley Pennington was admitted to the Bar in 1980. He practiced as a public defender in Richland County. He also practiced as a federal public defender in Chicago in the 1980’s. Ashley served as the Charleston County Public Defender from 1991 – 2002. He was in private practice from 2002-2007. While in private practice, Ashley set up a non-profit foundation that focused on the problem of ex-offender re-entry and recidivism. Ashley was recruited as the Charleston County Public Defender again in 2007 and selected as the Ninth Circuit Public Defender in 2008. He specializes in death eligible murder cases and mental health defense cases. Ashley also served as a member of the SC Commission on Indigent Defense from 2009 to 2020.
PHIL SMITH
Senior Trial Attorney, 16th Judicial Circuit
Phil Smith is a graduate of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and The University of South Carolina School of Law. He has focused he legal career on criminal law as a Public Defender, Prosecutor, and in private practice. He has prosecuted and defended all types of cases ranging from misdemeanors to murders. Phil has also taught a college legal ethics course. He has also presented for various legal training and CLE events across the nation. In 2006, Phil received the NCDA Lecturer of Merit Award.
JOHN KOZELSKI
Assistant Public Defender, Charleston County
John Kozelski graduated from the Charleston School of Law and was admitted to practice in 2011. He is an Assistant Public Defender in Charleston, SC. While enrolled at the Charleston School of Law, he clerked for the Federal Public Defender’s office as well as Armand Derfner, professor and renowned civil rights litigator. During his clerkship with Derfner, John helped create a thought-provoking constitutional law course entitled “Race and the United States Supreme Court,” covering racially-biased opinions from the Amistad to present-day. After law school, John joined the Charleston County Public Defender’s office, where he has gained valuable trial experience before and after attending the National Criminal Defense College in Macon, Georgia.
MELISSA INZERILLO
Deputy Public Defender, 16th Judicial Circuit
Melissa Inzerillo is Deputy Public Defender for the Sixteenth Judicial Circuit. She graduated from the University of South Carolina, South Carolina Honors College in 1997 with a Bachelor of Science in Broadcast Journalism. She graduated from Washington and Lee University School of Law and was licensed to practice law in South Carolina in 2001. Before coming to the Sixteenth Circuit Public Defender Office in 2006, Melissa spent a year with the Charleston County Public Defender and a year with the Orangeburg County Public Defender. Before beginning her legal career, Melissa also worked as a reporter for The Herald newspaper in Rock Hill, SC.