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STATE v. LASTER

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261 S.C. 521 (1973)

201 S.E.2d 241

The STATE, Respondent, v. James Howard LASTER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

December 5, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel J. Farnsworth, Esq., of Greenville, for the Appellant.

Messrs. Daniel R. McLeod, Atty. Gen., Robert M. Ariail, and Stephen T. Savitz, Asst. Attys. Gen., of Columbia, and William W. Wilkins, Jr., Asst. Sol., of Greenville, for Respondent.

December 5, 1973.

LITTLEJOHN, Justice:

James Howard Laster was tried by a jury and found guilty of possessing marihuana, proscribed by § 32-1510.49 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina (Cum. Supp. 1971). After the trial, he retained his present counsel for the purpose of this appeal, wherein the propriety of admitting certain tangible evidence is challenged on two separate grounds.

In the brief submitted on Laster's behalf, it is frankly admitted...

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