STATE v. ATTARDO

19951

263 S.C. 546 (1975)

211 S.E.2d 868

The STATE, Respondent, v. John Steven ATTARDO, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

January 28, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Grimes, Hinds & Cowan, of Myrtle Beach, for Appellant.

Messrs. Daniel R. McLeod, Atty. Gen., C. Tolbert Goolsby, Dep. Atty. Gen., and Sidney S. Riggs, III, Staff Atty., of Columbia, and J.M. Long, Jr., Sol., of Conway, for Respondent.


January 28, 1975.

NESS, Justice:

The appellant was tried and found guilty of possession of more than one ounce of marijuana with the intent to distribute. Seeking reversal, he contends that the trial judge erred in failing to charge that such possession must be knowing or intentional and by charging that the burden shifted to the appellant to prove that he, in fact, had no knowledge of what he possessed.

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