Prosecutors fight lesser sentence for S.C. bride’s DUI death
CHARLESTON, S.C. - Prosecutors are arguing against a request to reduce the sentence for the woman who killed a Folly Beach bride and severely injured her husband on their wedding night, plus two others, nearly two years ago.
A judge originally sentenced Jamie Lee Komoroski to 25 years in prison after she pleaded guilty to one count of felony DUI, two counts of DUI causing great bodily injury or death and one count of reckless homicide back in December.
The charges Komoroski faced stemmed from an April 28, 2023, crash on Folly Beach. Folly Beach Police Chief Andrew Gilreath said the crash happened at approximately 10 p.m. that night in the 1200 block of East Ashley Avenue.
Investigators said the vehicle Komoroski was driving was traveling at a speed of 65 mph when it struck a golf cart occupied by newlyweds Samantha Miller and Aric Hutchinson and two of Hutchinson’s family .
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Her attorneys filed a motion to reduce her sentencing days after she was sentenced.
Komoroski’s attorneys, Chris Gramiccioni and Nathan Williams, said the ruling was “unwarranted and grossly disproportionate compared to other cases in the region” in their last filing.
However, the State’s new filing says just the opposite.
The document says the defense’s motion for a lesser sentence should be denied because the judge accurately followed the recommendations for sentencing under the state’s legislature.
The filing also states the defense states Komoroski’s sentencing was “cruel and unusual punishment,” but prosecutors say that “analysis is flawed.”
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It also references the case of State v. Harrison, where it can be determined if a sentence is “grossly disproportionate” to the crime. The state says this case was not. Therefore, there’s no reason for her case to be compared to any other felony DUI cases in the area.
Lastly, the document also claims it was “clear to the State and the assembly that the Court was attentive and weighed all the information that was offered,” making her sentence fit the crime.
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The State adds that the victims are also firmly opposed to any reduction to Komoroski’s sentence.
Komoroski is currently behind bars at the South Carolina Department of Corrections.
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