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STATE v. BROWN

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297 S.C. 27 (1988)

374 S.E.2d 669

The STATE, Respondent v. Dennis Carl BROWN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided December 5, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Asst. Appellate Defender Daniel T. Stacey, of S.C. Office of Appellate Defense, Columbia, for appellant. Atty. Gen. T. Travis Medlock, Asst. Attys. Gen. Harold M. Coombs, Jr. and Norman Mark Rapoport, and Sol. James C. Anders, Columbia, for respondent.

Heard Oct. 4, 1988.

Decided Dec. 5, 1988.

TOAL, Justice:

Appellant Brown was convicted by a jury of possession of phenmetrazine in violation of S.C. Code Ann. § 44-53-370(d)(2). Brown was sentenced to six months imprisonment, and fined $1,000. On appeal, Brown contends that the assistant solicitor improperly cross-examined him by forcing him to attack the veracity of the State's witnesses. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

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