COLUMBIA -- The South Carolina Supreme Court on Monday unanimously upheld the securities fraud conviction and prison sentence of former Lt. Gov. Earle Morris Jr. Morris' attorneys had no immediate reaction, including whether they would ask the Supreme Court for a rehearing or pursue a federal court appeal. The former chairman of Carolina Investors Inc. was sentenced to 44 months in prison after a jury in November 2004 found him guilty of securities fraud.

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