Initial Brief filed on behalf of Respondent Bowen Turner on December 22, 2022 with the SC Court of Appeals with the arguments
“the victim has failed to show any right to appeal the result of respondent’s guilty plea after the solicitor agreed to the terms of that guilty plea, the circuit court accepted the guilty plea, and imposed sentence upon respondent since there is no constitutional, statutory, or appellate court rule which provides a victim a right to such an appeal”
and
“the victim, even if such a right to appeal existed, cannot show any prejudice in this case since the allegations of the various victims were allowed to be heard at the guilty plea proceeding, and the court actually increased respondent’s sentence after hearing from them which would make reversal completely unwarranted.”