STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF CHARLESTON

 

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,

Plaintiff,

V.

DYLANN S. ROOF,

Defendant.

 


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Charleston County, South Carolina.

IN THE COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS
NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

Docket Number: Murder

2015-GS-10-4115 Murder

Murder

2015-GS-10-4117 Murder

Murder

Murder

Murder

Murder

Murder

Possession of a
Weapon During the Commission
of a Violent Crime

Attempted

Murder

2015-GS-10-4187 Attempted

Murder

Attempted

Murder



71: AMENDED SCHEDULING ORDER
. V.)
WHEREAS this Court has exclusive jurisdiction over the prosecution of Defendant

Dylann S. Roof relating to the alleged murders of June 17, 2015 in the City of Charleston,

WHEREAS at the September 16, 2015 hearing, the State and the Defense represented to

the Court they would both be ready for trial by July 11, 2016.

WHEREAS on April 7, 2016, Defendant filed a Motion to Reschedule the Trial. On April

13, 2016, the Court held a hearing on the Motion and granted the request for a continuance based

on the need for a mental health evaluation that the Defense asserted would take siX months.

WHEREAS this Court rescheduled the trial for January 17, 2017 to allow time to conduct

the evaluation and prepare for trial.

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WHEREAS the Honorable Richard M. Gergel scheduled the federal trial of Dylann S.
Roof to be held on November 7, 2016 prior to the previously scheduled death penalty trial in this
Court.

WHEREAS on May 4, 2016, the State filed a Motion for a Revised Scheduling Order,
which was argued before the Court on June 20, 2016.

WHEREAS the Honorable Clifton Newman has exclusive jurisdiction over State v.
Michael Slager, where trial is scheduled to begin on October 31, 2016 and Solicitor Wilson and
Deputy Solicitor DuRant are prosecuting that case in addition to this case.

WHEREAS the Honorable Richard M. Gergel has exclusive jurisdiction over the federal
trial of Defendant Roof arising out of the same murders in this case, where trial is scheduled to
begin on November 7, 2016.

THEREFORE it is Ordered that the Clerk of Court shall summons two hundred (200)
jurors to appear on January 17, 2017, two hundred (200) jurors to appear on January 23, 2017,
and two hundred (200) jurors to appear on January 30, 2017. Trial in this case will begin on or
after January 30, 2017 once a jury is drawn.

AND IT IS SO ORDERED.

  

   

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he Honorab .C. Nicholson, Jr. 
Circuit Cour Judge, Ninth Judicial Circuit

 

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