STATE v. CULBREATH

23124

300 S.C. 232 (1990)

387 S.E.2d 255

The STATE, Appellant v. Sidney Dwight CULBREATH, Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided January 2, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. T. Travis Medlock, Asst. Atty. Gen. Harold M. Coombs, Jr., and Staff Atty. Miller W. Shealy, Jr., Columbia, and Sol. W. Townes Jones, IV, Greenwood, for appellant.

Theo W. Mitchell, Greenville, for respondent.


Heard November 1, 1989.

Decided January 2, 1990.

HARWELL, Justice:

This is a criminal case in which the State appeals from the trial court's findings that the police officer lacked probable cause to detain respondent Sidney Dwight Culbreath (Culbreath) and that cocaine found in his automobile was inadmissible evidence because it was not in plain view.

I. FACTS

On January 18, 1988, at approximately 1:00 a.m., Officer Kittles was patrolling...

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