Chester County judge, wife of sheriff, reprimanded by South Carolina Supreme Court

[TexasTowelie]

CHESTER -- The S.C. Supreme Court issued a public reprimand and lifted the suspension Wednesday against Chester County Magistrate Judge Angel Underwood, wife of Sheriff Alex Underwood.

The court said Underwood had handled more than 100 cases in which she should have told parties involved she was married to the county’s sheriff.

Underwood, a judge in Chester since 2011, can return to the bench immediately.

Underwood referred questions to her lawyer, Stanley Myers of Columbia, who said she is “happy to return to her duties” and could be back on the bench later this week. She “appreciates the court’s decision,” Myers said.

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[Lint Head]

1. I was born and raised in South Carolina. This is typical.

It's even incestuous and I don't mean in family way. People who grew up together tend to hang together. That can be taken any way you want to take it.