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STATE v. MAJOR

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301 S.C. 181 (1990)

391 S.E.2d 235

The STATE, Respondent v. Jimmy MAJOR, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided March 19, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chief Atty. David I. Bruck and Deputy Chief Atty. Elizabeth C. Fullwood, S.C. Office of Appellate Defense, Columbia, for appellant.

Atty. Gen. T. Travis Medlock, Asst. Attys. General Harold M. Coombs, Jr., and William Edgar Salter, III, Columbia, and Sol. Dudley Saleeby, Jr., Florence, for respondent.

Heard Dec. 6, 1989.

Decided March 19, 1990.

TOAL, Justice:

We address two issues in this appeal: (1) whether the offense of simple possession of cocaine is a crime of "moral turpitude"; and (2) whether the appellant placed his good character into issue such that a prior conviction could be introduced into evidence.

FACTS

The appellant, Jimmy Major, was convicted for the offenses of distribution of crack cocaine and distribution of...

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