McCutchen Vaught Geddie & Hucks, P.A.

08/27/2026

Late summer traffic can put riders beside tourists, rental vehicles, commercial drivers, and residents on already busy roads. 🌧️ A sudden rain shower or unfamiliar turn can make the aftermath of a motorcycle crash even harder to sort out.

In South Carolina, fault can directly affect recovery. If a rider’s share of fault exceeds 50 percent, recovery may be barred. 📸 That makes objective evidence such as camera footage, witness accounts, vehicle damage, and scene photos especially important when insurers dispute what happened.

Evidence may disappear within days. Recordings can be overwritten, vehicles repaired, and rain can wash away debris or tire marks. Keep damaged riding gear, claim documents, medical records, and wage information. 🏍️ Avoid detailed social media updates about the crash or recovery.

McCutchen Vaught Geddie & Hucks, P.A. helps injured riders and families in Myrtle Beach identify potentially responsible parties, preserve evidence, and review available insurance coverage. ⏱️ South Carolina generally applies a three year limitations period to many personal injury actions, but some claims can have different deadlines. Our team offers free consultations for personal injury matters.

Read our full breakdown of late summer motorcycle accident claims and the steps that may matter after a crash: https://lawyersatthebeach.com/blog/late-summer-motorcycle-accidents-south-carolina-injury-claims/

Learn why late summer motorcycle accident claims in South Carolina can involve disputed fault, several insurers, and fast-fading evidence.

08/27/2026

A domestic violence charge can put your freedom and future at risk. ⚖️ The potential penalties depend on the specific charge and circumstances involved, so understanding what you are facing matters from the start.

South Carolina recognizes domestic violence as a criminal offense, and a conviction may carry serious consequences. The level of the charge can affect the penalties a person may face, including possible incarceration and other court imposed requirements.

McCutchen Vaught Geddie & Hucks, P.A. represents people facing criminal charges in Myrtle Beach and elsewhere in South Carolina. 📋 Our team can review the circumstances surrounding an arrest, the allegations involved, and the specific charge filed.

An arrest is not the same as a conviction. Every case has its own facts, and no particular result can be guaranteed. Knowing the exact charge against you is an important first step before making decisions about how to respond.

Facing a domestic violence charge or trying to understand what the potential penalties could mean for your situation? Contact our team with your questions about the next steps. ⚖️

08/25/2026

A college arrest can trigger two separate proceedings at once: a criminal case and a school conduct matter. ⚖️ What you say or agree to in one may affect the other.

For Coastal Carolina University students, one deadline can arrive quickly. The 2025-2026 conduct code states that a student arrested for an alleged offense other than a minor traffic violation must notify the Dean of Students Office within 72 hours. ⏰ Students should confirm the current rule and review every school notice they receive.

Protect your options before explaining the incident. Avoid public statements, follow all release conditions, and preserve messages, photos, videos, receipts, rideshare records, location history, and witness information. 📱 A rushed statement or plea can have consequences beyond the courtroom.

School discipline can also move independently of a criminal case. Housing restrictions, no-contact directives, suspension, driving issues, scholarships, internships, licensing, employment, and background checks may all require attention. McCutchen Vaught Geddie & Hucks, P.A. helps students and families in Myrtle Beach evaluate these overlapping concerns. ⚖️ Our team offers free consultations for criminal defense matters.

Read more about protecting your options after a college arrest: https://lawyersatthebeach.com/blog/myrtle-beach-college-arrests-protecting-degree-record-career/

Facing a Myrtle Beach college arrest? Learn how it may affect school, work, and your record. Call 843-277-1667 for legal guidance.

08/25/2026

State and federal drug charges are not the same case in a different courtroom. ⚖️ The court system, charging process, sentencing structure, and trial procedures can all be different.

In South Carolina, state drug charges are prosecuted in state courts. Federal drug charges are prosecuted in federal courts, where conspiracy allegations and historic drug weight can also play a role in how charges are brought. 📋

McCutchen Vaught Geddie & Hucks, P.A. handles state court matters, including drug charges involving ma*****na, co***ne, he**in, fentanyl, and other narcotics. Our team works primarily with cases in Horry and Georgetown counties.

A drug charge picked up while visiting Myrtle Beach can still require serious attention after the vacation ends. 🌴 Understanding whether your case is in state or federal court is an important distinction because the procedures and potential sentencing structures are different.

No attorney can promise a particular outcome. What we can do is review the circumstances of a South Carolina state drug charge and help you understand the legal process and available options. 📞 If you are facing a state drug charge, contact our team with your questions about what comes next.

08/20/2026

An uninsured driver can leave you with medical bills before an injury claim is resolved. 🚗 South Carolina auto policies must include uninsured motorist coverage, but that does not mean each medical provider gets paid as bills arrive.

UM coverage may seek compensation after fault, coverage, injuries, and damages are established. Other possible sources include medical payments coverage, health insurance, workers’ compensation, or another applicable auto policy. 💵 Policy terms and the facts of the crash matter.

South Carolina’s minimum UM limits include $25,000 for bodily injury to one person, $50,000 for bodily injury to two or more people, and $25,000 for property damage. These are coverage limits, not guaranteed payments. ⚖️

Preserve bills, receipts, insurance statements, prescription records, mileage records, and payment notices. Report the crash, request your policy and declarations page, and save photos, witness information, dash camera footage, and other digital evidence. South Carolina generally applies a three year limitation period to many personal injury actions, while insurance notice requirements may arise much sooner. 📋

McCutchen Vaught Geddie & Hucks, P.A. helps injured people in Myrtle Beach identify available coverage and understand the claims process. Read our full article on uninsured driver medical bills: https://lawyersatthebeach.com/blog/uninsured-driver-crash-south-carolina-medical-bills/

Injured by an uninsured driver in South Carolina? Learn how UM coverage may help with medical bills. Call (843) 277-1667.

08/20/2026

A ma*****na card from another state does not make ma*****na legal in South Carolina. 🌴 Visitors arriving with ma*****na from states where possession is permitted can still face criminal charges here.

Possessing less than one ounce can result in a simple possession charge, with the possibility of a fine and up to 30 days in jail. ⚖️ Once the amount exceeds an ounce, the potential charge can become possession with intent to distribute.

Larger quantities can lead to trafficking charges. South Carolina also treats each growing ma*****na plant as the equivalent of one pound of ma*****na when determining the amount involved. 🌱 That means the number of plants can significantly affect the charge someone faces.

McCutchen Vaught Geddie & Hucks, P.A. represents people facing drug charges in Myrtle Beach. Whether an allegation involves ma*****na, co***ne, he**in, fentanyl, or another narcotic, our team can review the circumstances and help you understand the legal process. 📋

If you are visiting South Carolina, do not assume something permitted in your home state is permitted here. Facing a drug charge while on vacation? Contact our team with questions about your specific situation.

08/18/2026

A few seconds in a bar fight can lead to multiple criminal charges. ⚖️ An arrest may involve assault and battery, disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, trespass, property damage, or allegations involving group violence.

The details matter. Surveillance footage, witness statements, documented injuries, police body camera recordings, and whether an object was allegedly used as a weapon can all affect the case. 📹 A recording that starts after the first physical act may leave out critical context.

The potential penalties can vary significantly. Third degree assault and battery may carry up to 30 days in jail and a $500 fine, while first degree assault and battery is a felony carrying up to 10 years. ABHAN may carry up to 20 years. ⚠️

After release, follow all bond and no contact conditions, preserve messages and videos, and avoid posting about the incident online. Surveillance systems may overwrite recordings, so prompt preservation can matter. McCutchen Vaught Geddie & Hucks, P.A. represents people facing criminal charges in Myrtle Beach, and our team offers free consultations for criminal defense matters.

Read our full breakdown of bar fight charges, evidence, potential penalties, and defense issues: https://lawyersatthebeach.com/blog/arrested-after-bar-fight-myrtle-beach-common-criminal-charges/

Arrested after a Myrtle Beach bar fight? Learn about common charges and possible defenses. Call (843) 277-1667 for a free consultation.

08/18/2026

A low breath test after a South Carolina DUI arrest can lead officers to request a urine sample for suspected drugs. 🚔 The arrest itself may already have followed standardized field sobriety tests such as the walk and turn, one leg stand, and horizontal gaze nystagmus test.

Urine testing can identify substances or metabolites in the body, but the results may not show active psychoactive components in the same way blood testing can. 🧪 That distinction can matter when the evidence in a drug related DUI case is reviewed.

Blood testing is treated differently. According to the circumstances discussed here, officers generally cannot request blood unless the case involves a felony DUI with great bodily injury or death. ⚖️ That can leave urine testing as the method used when drugs are suspected after a low breath result.

McCutchen Vaught Geddie & Hucks, P.A. represents people facing DUI charges in Myrtle Beach, including allegations involving alcohol, drugs, or medications. Our team evaluates the specific circumstances and evidence involved without promising a particular outcome. 📋

Facing a DUI involving a urine test or suspected drugs? Contact our team with questions about what happened during your stop, arrest, and testing process.

08/13/2026

A breath test refusal can start a separate license case before your DUI charge reaches court. ⚠️ In South Carolina, you have just 30 days from the suspension notice to request a contested case hearing.

For a driver with no qualifying prior DUI convictions or specified suspensions in the previous ten years, refusal generally means a six month license suspension. 🚘 Missing the 30 day deadline generally waives the hearing, and your first criminal court date does not extend it.

Refusal also does not make the DUI charge disappear. Prosecutors may still rely on officer observations, driving patterns, statements, field sobriety testing, collision evidence, witnesses, and video. ⚖️ The refusal itself may also be used against you in court.

Keep every page of your paperwork and preserve details from the stop. Breath site video can show whether implied consent rights were provided, whether instructions were clear, and whether a refusal was definite. 📹 McCutchen Vaught Geddie & Hucks, P.A. offers free consultations for DUI and criminal defense matters in Myrtle Beach.

A refusal can affect your license and criminal case through separate proceedings, so understanding the deadlines matters. For more information about breath test refusals and the steps that may follow, read the full post: https://lawyersatthebeach.com/blog/refuse-breath-test-south-carolina-dui-stop/

You may refuse a South Carolina DUI breath test, but your license can be suspended. Learn the 30-day hearing deadline and next steps.

08/13/2026

Being arrested on a drug charge does not mean you have to explain yourself to police. You have the right to remain silent, and using that right can be an important decision. ⚖️

You can be polite, cordial, and cooperative without answering questions about what happened. Staying quiet is different from being disrespectful. 🤐 You do not have to fill the silence, defend yourself on the spot, or try to talk your way out of the situation.

McCutchen Vaught Geddie & Hucks, P.A. handles criminal defense matters for people facing drug charges in Myrtle Beach. Our team can help you understand the process and discuss your circumstances before you decide what information, if any, should be shared with law enforcement. 📋

The key point is simple. An arrest does not erase your right to remain silent. You can be kind to the officer while choosing not to discuss the allegations against you. That choice gives you time to speak with a lawyer before making statements about your case. 🔒

If you were arrested for a drug offense and police want to question you, contact our team for a free consultation and ask what your next step should be before answering questions.