TNS Mills, Inc. v. South Carolina Department of Revenue

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• noting that a failure to make a proffer of what an excluded witness’s testimony would have been precludes appellate review
• noting that a failure to make a proffer of what an excluded witness's testimony would have been precludes appellate review
• noting that a failure to make a proffer of what an excluded witness's testimony would have been precludes appellate review
• finding the use of the word “shall” in a statute ordinarily means the action referred to is mandatory
• holding where no proffer of excluded testimony is made, the issue is not preserved for appellate review because the court is unable to determine whether the appellant was prejudiced by the trial court's refusal to admit the testimony into evidence
• statutes, as a whole, must receive practical, reasonable, and fair interpretation, consonant with the purpose, design, and policy of lawmakers

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