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STATE v. JOHNSON

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295 S.C. 215 (1988)

367 S.E.2d 700

The STATE, Respondent v. Pearl JOHNSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided April 25, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chief Atty. William Isaac Diggs and Asst. Appellate Defender Tara Shurling Frick of S.C. Office of Appellate Defense, Columbia, for appellant.

Att. Gen. T. Travis Medlock, Asst. Attys. Gen. Harold M. Coombs, Jr., and William Edgar Salter, III, Columbia, and Sol. Randolph Murdaugh, Jr., Hampton, for respondent.

Heard Feb. 1, 1988.

Decided April 25, 1988.

FINNEY, Justice:

Appellant, Pearl Johnson, was convicted for distributing cocaine and sentenced to ten years imprisonment. We reverse and remand this case for a new trial.

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