Sample Training Materials & Legal Updates - SC Commission on Prosecution Coordination (April 6, 2018) Page 139 of 344 South Carolina Commission on Prosecution Coordination Luther F. Carter Center for Health Sciences Francis Marion University 200 West Evans Street Florence, South Carolina Monday, July 24, 2017 Prosecution CLE Series™ “Getting, Storing, Retaining and Releasing Evidence: Legal and Practical Considerations”” SCCCLE Course No. 176491 (3.0 hours) SCCJA Lesson Plan No. 5519 (3.0 hours) Sample Training Materials & Legal Updates - SC Commission on Prosecution Coordination (April 6, 2018) Page 140 of 344 Presentations at and materials prepared for trainings conducted by the South Carolina Commission on Prosecution Coordination do not constitute legal advice and do not necessarily reflect the opinions or views of the Commission. 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Sample Training Materials & Legal Updates - SC Commission on Prosecution Coordination (April 6, 2018) Page 141 of 344 SOUTH CAROLINA COMMISSION ON PROSECUTION COORDINATION “Getting, Storing, Retaining and Releasing Evidence: Legal and Practical Considerations” Florence, South Carolina July 24, 2017 Table of Contents SECTION BEGINS AT PAGE Agenda ....................................................................................................................... 3 Faculty Roster ............................................................................................................ 4 Speaker Bios .............................................................................................................. 5 Materials 1. Getting Evidence: When to Use Search Warrants, Court Orders, and Subpoenas, and How to Obtain Them........................................................ 7 “Obtaining Evidence Lawfully with Search Warrants, Court Orders, and Subpoenas” Outline (Amie L. Clifford) ..................................................................................................... 9 45 C.F.R. § 164.512 (containing law enforcement exceptions To HIPAA) ................................................................................................. 35 2. Collecting, Preserving, and Storing Evidence ................................................. 51 “Collection, Preservation, and Submission of Evidence” PowerPoint® Presentation Handout (Amy Stephens) ................................ 53 3. Retaining, Releasing, and Destroying Evidence: Obligations and Restrictions Imposed by the South Carolina Preservation of Evidence Act (and penalties sand Liability for Noncompliance) ................. 99 © SCCPC (Getting Evidence - July 24, 2017) 1 Sample Training Materials & Legal Updates - SC Commission on Prosecution Coordination (April 6, 2018) Page 142 of 344 SOUTH CAROLINA COMMISSION ON PROSECUTION COORDINATION The Preservation of Evidence Outline (Amie L. Clifford & N. Mark Rapoport) ...................................................................................... 101 “Petition for an Order Allowing for Disposition of the Physical Evidence or Biological Evidence or Biological Material” Form (SCCA DNA 102 (07/2013)) ...................................................................... 128 “Certificate of Proof of Chain of Physical Custody or Control (Initial Custody)” (SCCA – Form B (Rule 6))............................................ 130 “Certificate of Proof of Chain of Physical Custody or Control (Subsequent Change of Custody)” (SCCA – Form C (Rule 6)) ................. 131 4. Appendix .......................................................................................................... 132 S.C. Act No. 143 (Post-Conviction DNA Testing and Preservation of Evidence) ............................................................................................... 134 Op. S.C. Atty. Gen. (September 15, 2015) (Opinion discussing the release of vehicles by law enforcement and implications of the Act) ............................................................................................................. 146 Op. S.C. Atty. Gen. (June 17, 2015) (Opinion discussing duties of custodians, including medical examiners, to retain evidence pursuant to the Act) ..................................................................................... 153 Op. S.C. Atty. Gen. (July 15, 2011) (Opinion explaining “physical evidence” and “biological material” pursuant to the Act) .......................... 164 Op. S.C. Atty. Gen. (May 12, 2011) (Opinion discussing length of time to retain evidence from a guilty plea) .................................................. 170 2 © SCCPC (Getting Evidence - July 24, 2017) Sample Training Materials & Legal Updates - SC Commission on Prosecution Coordination (April 6, 2018) Page 143 of 344 SOUTH CAROLINA COMMISSION ON PROSECUTION COORDINATION “Getting, Storing, Retaining and Releasing Evidence: Legal and Practical Considerations” Francis Marion University Florence, South Carolina Monday, July 24, 2017 AGENDA 12:30 p.m. – 12:55 p.m. Registration 12:55 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Program Overview and Welcome 1:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. Getting Evidence: When to Use Search Warrants, Court Orders, and Subpoenas, and How to Obtain Them Amie L. Clifford, Education Coordinator South Carolina Commission on Prosecution Coordination Columbia, South Carolina 2:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Break 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Storing Evidence: Practical Considerations Amy Stephens, Evidence Control Technician South Carolina Law Enforcement Division Columbia, South Carolina 3:30 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. Retaining and Disposing of Evidence: Obligations and Restrictions Imposed on the Keeping, Releasing, and Destroying of Evidence by the South Carolina Preservation of Evidence Act (and Penalties and Liability for Noncompliance) Amie L. Clifford, Education Coordinator South Carolina Commission on Prosecution Coordination Columbia, South Carolina 4:15 p.m. Adjourn © SCCPC (Getting Evidence - July 24, 2017) 3 Sample Training Materials & Legal Updates - SC Commission on Prosecution Coordination (April 6, 2018) Page 144 of 344 SOUTH CAROLINA COMMISSION ON PROSECUTION COORDINATION “Getting, Storing, Retaining and Releasing Evidence: Legal and Practical Considerations” Francis Marion University Florence, South Carolina Monday, July 24, 2017 Faculty Roster Amie L. Clifford Education Coordinator S.C. Commission on Prosecution Coordination Post Office Box 11561 Columbia, South Carolina 29211-1561 (803) 832-8275 [email protected] Amy E. Stephens Forensic Technician S.C. Law Enforcement Division – Forensic Services Post Office Box 21398 Columbia, South Carolina 29221-1398 (803) 737-9000 [email protected] 4 © SCCPC (Getting Evidence - July 24, 2017) Sample Training Materials & Legal Updates - SC Commission on Prosecution Coordination (April 6, 2018) Page 145 of 344 SOUTH CAROLINA COMMISSION ON PROSECUTION COORDINATION AMIE L. CLIFFORD Education Coordinator South Carolina Commission on Prosecution Coordination Post Office Box 11561 Columbia, South Carolina 29211-1561 EDUCATION: B.A. (French), Northwestern State Univ. of Louisiana, Natchitoches, Louisiana (1979). J.D., University of South Carolina School of Law, Columbia, South Carolina (1982). BAR ADMISSIONS: South Carolina (1982); U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (1982); U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina (1983); and United States Supreme Court (1986). PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Staff Attorney, Piedmont Legal Services, Inc., Spartanburg, South Carolina (1983 – 1984); Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Appeals Section, South Carolina Attorney General’s Office (1984 – 1991); Assistant Solicitor, Charleston County Solicitor’s Office, Charleston, South Carolina (1991 – 1999); Supreme Court Fellow, U.S. Sentencing Commission, Washington, D.C. (1999 – 2000); Assistant Director, National College of District Attorneys, Columbia, South Carolina (2000 – 2007); Director, National Center for Prosecution Ethics (2003 – 2007); and Education Coordinator, South Carolina Commission on Prosecution Coordination (2007 – Present). HONORS: Fellow of the National Institute for the Teaching of Ethics and Professionalism (Inaugural Group) (2005); Tom C. Clark Fellow Award (U.S. Supreme Court Fellows Program June 2000); and Service Award, Fraternal Order of Police Charleston Metro Lodge #5 (1999). PUBLICATIONS: Author of materials for over 75 CLE programs (conducted by national, state and local bar organizations as well as governmental and private offices) (1985 – Present); and contributing author for numerous publications and editor or co-editor for two publications (South Carolina Bar, ABA, and National District Attorneys Association). TEACHING EXPERIENCE: Faculty member for over 75 CLE programs (programs conducted by national, state and local bar organizations as well as governmental and