Nancy Mace denied entrance into Horry County courtroom for Scott Spivey hearing
South Carolina Congresswoman Nancy Mace on Tuesday was denied entrance inside a Horry County courtroom where a Stand Your Ground hearing was taking place in the shooting death of Scott Spivey.
Mace said she showed up at 2:15 p.m. to attend the hearing but wasn’t allowed in because the courtroom doors had been closed. The judge had granted a lunch break to those who were at the hearing, but instructed court would resume at 2 p.m. After that, the doors would be closed and no one would be allowed back in.
Mace then reportedly began to livestream herself on her phone not being able to get inside the courtroom.
Mace, standing in the hallway outside the courtroom, was upset, adding that it was a public hearing and people should be allowed in. She was able to go into the hearing after another break that took place at 2:30 p.m.
The Stand Your Ground case
Weldon Boyd, a North Myrtle Beach businessman and his friend, Kenneth “Bradley” Williams, faced a judge Tuesday to determine whether they will once again be granted immunity under South Carolina’s Stand Your Ground law for shooting and killing Spivey, a 33-year-old Tabor City, North Carolina, man, nearly three years ago.
Boyd and Williams appeared in a Horry County courtroom Tuesday for a hearing related to a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of Scott Spivey.
Boyd and Williams are accused of chasing Scott Spivey for nine miles before fatally wounding him in a hail of gunfire along the side of Camp Swamp Road in the Longs area on Sept. 9, 2023.
Mace, who is running for South Carolina governor, has criticized state Attorney General Alan Wilson for his handling of the Spivey investigation. Wilson is also a gubernatorial candidate.
The two men have not been charged criminally after the state Attorney General’s Office determined their actions were self-defense under the state’s Stand Your Ground law.
However, evidence that has been made public in the wrongful death lawsuit has cast doubt on the finding.
The hearing is expected to continue on Wednesday.
